Love
The Jade Dressing-Table
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
Last night my girdle came undone,
And this morning a luck-beetle flew over my bed.
So here are my paints and here are my powders —
And a welcome for my yoke again.
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MLA
Te-yü, Ch’üan. “The Jade Dressing-Table.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chuan-te-yu/1/.
Chicago
Te-yü, Ch’üan. “The Jade Dressing-Table.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chuan-te-yu/1/.
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