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Not Finding Lu Hung-chien at Home
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
To find you, moved beyond the city,
A wide path led me, by mulberry and hemp,
To a new-set hedge of chrysanthemums —
Not yet blooming although autumn had come.
. . . I knocked; no answer, not even a dog.
I waited to ask your western neighbour;
But he told me that daily you climb the mountain,
Never returning until sunset.
Cite this poem
MLA
Chiao-jan, Seng. “Not Finding Lu Hung-chien at Home.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/seng-chiao-jan/0/.
Chicago
Chiao-jan, Seng. “Not Finding Lu Hung-chien at Home.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/seng-chiao-jan/0/.