Nature
A Moonlight Night
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
When the moon has coloured half the house,
With the North Star at its height and the South Star setting,
I can feel the first motions of the warm air of spring
In the singing of an insect at my green-silk window.
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MLA
Fang-p’ing, Liu. “A Moonlight Night.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-fang-ping/1/.
Chicago
Fang-p’ing, Liu. “A Moonlight Night.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-fang-ping/1/.
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