Nature
Flood
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Nature
The lingering clouds, rolling, rolling,
And the settled rain, dripping, dripping,
In the Eight Directions--the same dusk.
The level lands--one great river.
Wine I have, wine I have:
Idly I drink at the eastern window.
Longingly--I think of my friends,
But neither boat nor carriage comes.
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Ch’ien, T’ao. “Flood.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tao-chien/10/.
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Ch’ien, T’ao. “Flood.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tao-chien/10/.
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