Love
From a Belvidere
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
With yellow leaves the hill is strown,
A young wife gazes o'er the scene,
The sky with grey clouds overthrown,
While autumn swoops upon the green.
See, Tartar troops mass on the plain
Homeward our envoy hurries on;
When will her lord come back again?...
To find her youth and beauty gone!
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Po, Li. “From a Belvidere.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/20/.
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Po, Li. “From a Belvidere.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/20/.
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