Social Commentaries
A Song of the Palace
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Social Commentaries
Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers,
Ladies file out to their pavilion of jade,
Abrim to the lips with imperial gossip
But not daring to breathe it with a parrot among them.
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MLA
Ch’ing-yü, Chu. “A Song of the Palace.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chu-ching-yu/1/.
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Ch’ing-yü, Chu. “A Song of the Palace.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chu-ching-yu/1/.
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