Love
The Young Girls of Yüeh (II)
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
Love
Many of the young girls of Wu are white, dazzlingly white.
They like to amuse themselves by floating in little boats on the water.
Peeping out of the corners of their eyes, they spurn the Springtime heart.
Gathering flowers, they ridicule the passer-by.
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Po, Li. “The Young Girls of Yüeh (II).” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/47/.
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Po, Li. “The Young Girls of Yüeh (II).” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/47/.
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