Living
Wind and Rain
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
I ponder on the poem of The Precious Dagger.
My road has wound through many years.
. . . Now yellow leaves are shaken with a gale;
Yet piping and fiddling keep the Blue Houses merry.
On the surface, I seem to be glad of new people;
But doomed to leave old friends behind me,
I cry out from my heart for Shin-fêng wine
To melt away my thousand woes.
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MLA
Shang-yin, Li. “Wind and Rain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/12/.
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Shang-yin, Li. “Wind and Rain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/12/.
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