Nature
New Corn
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Nature
Swiftly the years, beyond recall.
Solemn the stillness of this fair morning.
I will clothe myself in spring-clothing
And visit the slopes of the Eastern Hill.
By the mountain-stream a mist hovers,
Hovers a moment, then scatters.
There comes a wind blowing from the south
That brushes the fields of new corn.
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Ch’ien, T’ao. “New Corn.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tao-chien/11/.
Chicago
Ch’ien, T’ao. “New Corn.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tao-chien/11/.
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