Love
Tears
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
A fair girl draws the blind aside
And sadly sits with drooping head;
I see her burning tear-drops glide
But know not why those tears are shed.
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Po, Li. “Tears.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/32/.
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Po, Li. “Tears.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/32/.
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