Nature
A Spring Song
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
In gala robes she comes down from her chamber
Into her courtyard, enclosure of spring . . .
When she tries from the centre to count the flowers,
On her hairpin of jade a dragon-fly poises.
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MLA
Yü-hsi, Liu. “A Spring Song.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-yu-hsi/4/.
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Yü-hsi, Liu. “A Spring Song.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/liu-yu-hsi/4/.
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