Living
Self-Abandonment
Translated by Arthur Waley (1919) · From More Translations from the Chinese (1919)
Living
I sat drinking and did not notice the dusk,
Till falling petals filled the folds of my dress.
Drunken I rose and walked to the moonlit stream;
The birds were gone, and men also few.
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Po, Li. “Self-Abandonment.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/5/.
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Po, Li. “Self-Abandonment.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/5/.
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