Love
A Song of Ch'ang-kan
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
I
"Tell me, where do you live? —
Near here, by the fishing-pool?
Let's hold our boats together, let's see
If we belong in the same town."
II
"Yes, I live here, by the river;
I have sailed on it many and many a time.
Both of us born in Ch'ang-kan, you and I!
Why haven't we always known each other? "
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Hao, Ts’ui. “A Song of Ch'ang-kan.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-hao/2/.
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Hao, Ts’ui. “A Song of Ch'ang-kan.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-hao/2/.
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