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The Fifteenth Volume
Translated by Arthur Waley (1919) · From More Translations from the Chinese (1919)
My long poem, the “Eternal Grief,” is a beautiful and moving
work;
My ten “Songs of Shensi” are models of tunefulness.
I cannot prevent Old Yüan from stealing my best rhymes;
But I earnestly beg Little Li to respect my ballads and songs.
While I am alive riches and honour will never fall to my lot;
But well I know that after I am dead the fame of my books will live.
This random talk and foolish boasting forgive me, for to-day
I have added Volume Fifteen to the row that stands to my name.
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Chü-i, Po. “The Fifteenth Volume.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/84/.
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Chü-i, Po. “The Fifteenth Volume.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/po-chu-i/84/.
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