Nature
A Climb on the Mountain Holiday to the Terrace Whence One Sees the Magician
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
The Han Emperor Wen bequeathed us this terrace
Which I climb to watch the coming dawn.
Cloudy peaks run northward in the three Chin districts,
And rains are blowing westward through the two Ling valleys.
. . . Who knows but me about the Guard at the Gate,
Or where the Magician of the River Bank is,
Or how to find that magistrate, that poet,
Who was as fond as I am of chrysanthemums and winecups?
Codex Note
A Poem Sent to Vice-Prefect Liu
Cite this poem
MLA
Shu, Ts’ui. “A Climb on the Mountain Holiday to the Terrace Whence One Sees the Magician.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-shu/0/.
Chicago
Shu, Ts’ui. “A Climb on the Mountain Holiday to the Terrace Whence One Sees the Magician.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tsui-shu/0/.