Nature
Reply to an Unrefined Person Encountered in the Hills
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
Nature
He asks why I perch in the green jade hills.
I smile and do not answer. My heart is comfortable and at peace.
Fallen peach-flowers spread out widely, widely, over the water.
It is another sky and earth, not the world of man.
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MLA
Po, Li. “Reply to an Unrefined Person Encountered in the Hills.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/99/.
Chicago
Po, Li. “Reply to an Unrefined Person Encountered in the Hills.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/99/.
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