Relationships
Oh Stay
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Relationships
We shall meet, I believe you, again;
Yet to part! — such a beautiful night
Shall friendship and wine ask in vain
What a head- wind would take as its right?
Cite this poem
MLA
Shu, Ssu-k’ung. “Oh Stay.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-shu/0/.
Chicago
Shu, Ssu-k’ung. “Oh Stay.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-shu/0/.
Read this poem with the Codex →