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Thoughts in the Cold
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
You are gone. The river is high at my door.
Cicadas are mute on dew-laden boughs.
This is a moment when thoughts enter deep.
I stand alone for a long while.
. . . The North Star is nearer to me now than spring,
And couriers from your southland never arrive —
Yet I doubt my dream on the far horizon
That you have found another friend.
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MLA
Shang-yin, Li. “Thoughts in the Cold.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/14/.
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Shang-yin, Li. “Thoughts in the Cold.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shang-yin/14/.
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