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A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
The old Imperial Park--the ruined Terrace--the young willows.
The water-chestnut pickers are singing, a simple song unaccompanied by instruments--but joy is unbearable.
For now the moon over the Western River is alone.
The time is past when she gazed upon the concubines in the Palace of the King of Wu.
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MLA
Po, Li. “A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/88/.
Chicago
Po, Li. “A Traveller Comes to the Old Terrace of Su.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/88/.
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