No luck. Sorry.

Jim

On Mar 30, 7:50 am, Space Cowboy > wrote:
> Ill see if I can find the Chinese character equivalent of this poem
> and maybe see who it is attributed too. Ill let you know one way or
> the other in the next day or so.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mar 29, 7:33 pm, dogma_i > wrote:
>
> > Just watched the stunning if inscrutable film "The Magus." Quite a
> > contrast to Senor Quinn in Requiem for a Heavyweight, and just as
> > brilliantly acted.
>
> > In it, he cites as a T'ang Dynasty poem:
>
> > "Here on the frontier, there are falling leaves
> > although my neighbors are all barbarians
> > and you, you are a thousand miles away
> > there are always two cups on my table."
>
> > These lines are quoted all over the web, but without more definitive
> > attribution. Does anyone here have more precise information?
>
> > Thanks-
>
> > DM