Time & Brevity
On a Gate-Tower at Yu-chou
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Time & Brevity
Where, before me, are the ages that have gone?
And where, behind me, are the coming generations?
I think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end,
And I am all alone and my tears fall down.
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MLA
Tzŭ-ang, Ch’ēn. “On a Gate-Tower at Yu-chou.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chen-tzu-ang/4/.
Chicago
Tzŭ-ang, Ch’ēn. “On a Gate-Tower at Yu-chou.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chen-tzu-ang/4/.
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