Living
So Near, and yet so Far
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book vii
Living
Beyond the East-gate, where the space is clear,
And where the madder-plant grows on the brae,
The house is there, so near,
The man so far away!
Beyond the East-gate, where the chestnuts grow,
There are the houses standing in a row.
There think I not of thee?
Thence com'st thou ne'er to me.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “So Near, and yet so Far.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/359/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “So Near, and yet so Far.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/359/.
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