Nature
Spring Nights
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Nature
One half-hour of a night in spring is worth a thousand taels,
When the clear sweet scent of flowers is felt and the moon her lustre pales;
When mellowed sounds of song and flute are borne along the breeze,
And through the stilly scene the swing sounds swishing from the trees.
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Tung-p’o, Su. “Spring Nights.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/su-tung-po/1/.
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Tung-p’o, Su. “Spring Nights.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/su-tung-po/1/.
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