Love
To an Absent Lover
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
Your notes on paper rare to see,
Two flying joy-birds bear;
Be like the birds and fly to me,
Not like the paper rare!
Cite this poem
MLA
Li-hua, Chao. “To an Absent Lover.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chao-li-hua/0/.
Chicago
Li-hua, Chao. “To an Absent Lover.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chao-li-hua/0/.