Nature
A Palace Poem
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
High above, from a jade chamber, songs float half-way to heaven,
The palace-girls’ gay voices are mingled with the wind —
But now they are still; and you hear a water-clock drip in the Court of the Moon... .
They have opened the curtain wide, they are facing the River of Stars.
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MLA
K’uang, Ku. “A Palace Poem.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ku-kuang/1/.
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K’uang, Ku. “A Palace Poem.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ku-kuang/1/.
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