Time & Brevity
Golden Sands
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Time & Brevity
I would not have thee grudge those robes which gleam in rich array,
But I would have thee grudge the hours of youth which glide away.
Go pluck the blooming flower betimes, lest when thou com'st again
Alas, upon the withered stem no blooming flowers remain!
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Ch’iu-niang, Tu. “Golden Sands.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-chiu-niang/0/.
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Ch’iu-niang, Tu. “Golden Sands.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-chiu-niang/0/.
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