Time & Brevity
The Gold-Threaded Robe
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Time & Brevity
Covet not a gold-threaded robe,
Cherish only your young days!
If a bud open, gather it —
Lest you but wait for an empty bough.
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Ch’iu-niang, Tu. “The Gold-Threaded Robe.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-chiu-niang/1/.
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Ch’iu-niang, Tu. “The Gold-Threaded Robe.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-chiu-niang/1/.
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