Love
Spring Grief and Resentment
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
Love
There is a white horse with a gold bridle to the East of the Liao Sea.
Bed-curtains of open-work silk--embroidered quilt--I sleep with the Spring wind.
The setting moon drops level to the balcony, it spies upon me. The candle is burnt out.
A blown flower drifts in through the inner door--it mocks at the empty bed.
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Po, Li. “Spring Grief and Resentment.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/53/.
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Po, Li. “Spring Grief and Resentment.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/53/.
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