Love
Under the Moon
Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1909) · From A Lute of Jade (1909)
Love
Under the crescent moon’s faint glow
The washerman’s bat resounds afar,
And the autumn breeze sighs tenderly.
But my heart has gone to the Tartar war,
To bleak Kansuh and the steppes of snow,
Calling my husband back to me.
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MLA
Po, Li. “Under the Moon.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/14/.
Chicago
Po, Li. “Under the Moon.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/14/.
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