Living
Climbing the Terrace of Kuan-yin and Looking at the City
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Living
Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses,--like a chess-board.
The twelve streets like a field planted with rows of cabbage.
In the distance perceptible, dim, dim--the fire of approaching dawn;
And a single row of stars lying to the west of the Five Gates.
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Chü-i, Po. “Climbing the Terrace of Kuan-yin and Looking at the City.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/49/.
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Chü-i, Po. “Climbing the Terrace of Kuan-yin and Looking at the City.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/49/.
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