Love
A Song of a Pure-hearted Girl
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
Lakka-trees ripen two by two
And mandarin-ducks die side by side.
If a true-hearted girl will love only her husband,
In a life as faithfully lived as theirs,
What troubling wave can arrive to vex
A spirit like water in a timeless well?
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MLA
Chiao, Meng. “A Song of a Pure-hearted Girl.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meng-chiao/1/.
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Chiao, Meng. “A Song of a Pure-hearted Girl.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meng-chiao/1/.
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