Relationships
The Curtain of the Wedding Bed
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Relationships
Flap, flap, you curtain in front of our bed!
I hung you there to screen us from the light of day.
I brought you with me when I left my father’s house;
Now I am taking you back with me again.
I will fold you up and lay you flat in your box.
Curtain--shall I ever take you out again?
Cite this poem
MLA
wife, Liu Hsün’s. “The Curtain of the Wedding Bed.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-hsuns-wife/0/.
Chicago
wife, Liu Hsün’s. “The Curtain of the Wedding Bed.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-hsuns-wife/0/.