Living
The Cricket
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
The cricket chirrups in the hall,
The year is dying fast;
Now let us hold high festival
Ere the days and months be past.
Yet push not revels to excess
That our fair fame be marred;
Lest pleasures verge to wickedness
Let each be on his guard.
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Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “The Cricket.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/2/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “The Cricket.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/2/.
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