Love
Parted
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Love
The red hibiscus and the reed,
The fragrant flowers of marsh and mead, —
All these I gather as I stray,
As though for one now far away.
I strive to pierce with straining eyes
The distance that between us lies.
Alas that hearts which beat as one
Should thus be parted and undone!
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Sheng, Mei. “Parted.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mei-sheng/1/.
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Sheng, Mei. “Parted.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mei-sheng/1/.
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