Nature
Companions
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Nature
The birds have all flown to their roost in the tree,
The last cloud has just floated lazily by;
But we never tire of each other, not we.
As we sit there together, — the mountains and I.
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Po, Li. “Companions.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/19/.
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Po, Li. “Companions.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/19/.
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