Living
Inscribed on the Wall of an Inn North of Ta-yu Mountain
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
They say that wildgeese, flying southward,
Here turn back, this very month . . .
Shall my own southward journey
Ever be retraced, I wonder?
. . . The river is pausing at ebb-tide,
And the woods are thick with clinging mist —
But tomorrow morning, over the mountain,
Dawn will be white with the plum-trees of home.
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MLA
Chih-wen, Sung. “Inscribed on the Wall of an Inn North of Ta-yu Mountain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sung-chih-wen/2/.
Chicago
Chih-wen, Sung. “Inscribed on the Wall of an Inn North of Ta-yu Mountain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sung-chih-wen/2/.
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