Time & Brevity
A Retrospect
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Time & Brevity
Oh this day last year what a party were we
Pink cheeks and pink peach-blossoms smiled upon me;
But alas the pink cheeks are now far far away,
Though the peach-blossoms smile as they smiled on that day.
Cite this poem
MLA
Hu, Ts’ui. “A Retrospect.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-hu/0/.
Chicago
Hu, Ts’ui. “A Retrospect.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-hu/0/.