Love
A Cast-Off Favourite
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
The dewdrops gleam on bright spring flowers whose scent is borne along;
Beneath the moon the palace rings with sounds of lute and song.
It seems that the clepsydra has been filled up with the sea,
To make the long long night appear an endless night to me!
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I, Li. “A Cast-Off Favourite.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-i/0/.
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I, Li. “A Cast-Off Favourite.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-i/0/.
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