Love
Souvenirs
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
You ask when I'm coming: alas, not just yet
How the rain filled the pools on that night when we met!
Ah, when shall we ever snuff candles again.
And recall the glad hours of that evening of rain?
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MLA
Shang-yin, Li. “Souvenirs.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/1/.
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Shang-yin, Li. “Souvenirs.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/1/.
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