Nature
An Autumn Cottage at Pa-shang
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
After the shower at Pa-shang,
I see an evening line of wildgeese,
The limp-hanging leaves of a foreign tree,
A lantern's cold gleam, lonely in the night,
An empty garden, white with dew,
The ruined wall of a neighbouring monastery.
. . . I have taken my ease here long enough.
What am I waiting for, I wonder.
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Tai, Ma. “An Autumn Cottage at Pa-shang.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ma-tai/0/.
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Tai, Ma. “An Autumn Cottage at Pa-shang.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ma-tai/0/.
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