Love
A Song of an Autumn Midnight
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
A slip of the moon hangs over the capital;
Ten thousand washing-mallets are pounding;
And the autumn wind is blowing my heart
For ever and ever toward the Jade Pass. . .
Oh, when will the Tartar troops be conquered,
And my husband come back from the long campaign!
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MLA
Po, Li. “A Song of an Autumn Midnight.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/159/.
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Po, Li. “A Song of an Autumn Midnight.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/159/.
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