Living
A World Apart
Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1909) · From A Lute of Jade (1909)
Living
The Lady Moon is my lover,
My friends are the oceans four,
The heavens have roofed me over,
And the dawn is my golden door
I would liefer follow the condor
Or the seagull, soaring from ken,
Than bury my godhead yonder
In the dust of the whirl of men.
Cite this poem
MLA
Chih-ho, Chang. “A World Apart.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-chih-ho/0/.
Chicago
Chih-ho, Chang. “A World Apart.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-chih-ho/0/.