Nature
Return of Spring
Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1909) · From A Lute of Jade (1909)
Nature
A lovely maiden, roaming
The wild dark valley through,
Culls from the shining waters
Lilies and lotus blue.
With leaves the peach-trees are laden,
The wind sighs through the haze,
And the willows wave their shadows
Down the oriole-haunted ways.
As, passion-tranced, I follow,
I hear the old refrain
Of Spring’s eternal story,
That was old and is young again.
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T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Return of Spring.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/0/.
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T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Return of Spring.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/0/.
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