Time & Brevity
On Climbing Yen Mountain with Friends
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
While worldly matters take their turn,
Ancient, modern, to and fro,
Rivers and mountains are changeless in their glory
And still to be witnessed from this trail.
. . . Where a fisher-boat dips by a waterfall,
Where the air grows colder, deep in the valley,
The monument of Yang remains;
And we have wept, reading the words,
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Hao-jan, Meng. “On Climbing Yen Mountain with Friends.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meng-hao-jan/9/.
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Hao-jan, Meng. “On Climbing Yen Mountain with Friends.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meng-hao-jan/9/.
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