Living
Absence makes the Heart grow fonder
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book vi
Living
Ha, there he crops the creepers, see!
One only day, with him away,
Is aye three months to me!
Ha, there he crops the fragrant grass!
Be he away one only day,
Three autumns seem to pass!
Ha, there the mugwort now he clears!
One only day, with him away,
Is aye to me three years!
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “Absence makes the Heart grow fonder.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/348/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “Absence makes the Heart grow fonder.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/348/.
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