Time & Brevity
Climbing in Autumn for a View from the Temple on the Terrace of General Wu
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
As the seasons have dealt with this ancient terrace,
So autumn breaks my homesick heart. . .
Few pilgrims venture climbing to a temple so wild,
Up from the lake, in the mountain clouds.
. . . Sunset clings in the old defences,
A stone gong shivers through the empty woods.
. . . Of the Southern Dynasty, what remains?
Nothing but the great River.
Cite this poem
MLA
Ch’ang-ch’ing, Liu. “Climbing in Autumn for a View from the Temple on the Terrace of General Wu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-chang-ching/4/.
Chicago
Ch’ang-ch’ing, Liu. “Climbing in Autumn for a View from the Temple on the Terrace of General Wu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-chang-ching/4/.
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