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She Sings an Old Song
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
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A lady of the palace these twenty years,
She has lived here a thousand miles from her home —
Yet ask her for this song and, with the first few words of it,
See how she tries to hold back her tears.
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Hu, Chang. “She Sings an Old Song.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-hu/0/.
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Hu, Chang. “She Sings an Old Song.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chang-hu/0/.
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