Time & Brevity
Ease
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Time & Brevity
Lined coat, warm cap and easy felt slippers,
In the little tower, at the low window, sitting over the sunken
brazier.
Body at rest, heart at peace; no need to rise early.
I wonder if the courtiers at the Western Capital know of these
things, or not?
Cite this poem
MLA
Chü-i, Po. “Ease.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/54/.
Chicago
Chü-i, Po. “Ease.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/54/.
Read this poem with the Codex →