Nature
At His Club
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Nature
Long past midnight the wife hears the goatsucker's cry,
And rises to see that the silkworms are fed:
Alas! there's the moon shining low in the sky,
But her husband has not yet come back to his bed.
Cite this poem
MLA
Fang-te, Hsieh. “At His Club.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hsieh-fang-te/0/.
Chicago
Fang-te, Hsieh. “At His Club.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hsieh-fang-te/0/.