Living
Out of Office
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
For my betters — my office resigned —
I make way,
And seek with the wine-cup to shorten the day.
You ask for the friends who once thronged in my hall:
Alas! with my place they have gone, one and all.
Cite this poem
MLA
Shih-chih, Li. “Out of Office.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shih-chih/0/.
Chicago
Shih-chih, Li. “Out of Office.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-shih-chih/0/.