Arts & Sciences
On Hearing a Lute-Player
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Arts & Sciences
Your seven strings are like the voice
Of a cold wind in the pines,
Singing old beloved songs
Which no one cares for any more.
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MLA
Ch’ang-ch’ing, Liu. “On Hearing a Lute-Player.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-chang-ching/2/.
Chicago
Ch’ang-ch’ing, Liu. “On Hearing a Lute-Player.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-chang-ching/2/.
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