Living
A Picnic
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Living
The sun is setting as we loose the boat,
And lightly o'er the breeze-swept waters float.
We seek a corner where the bamboo grows,
And fragrant lilies offer cool repose.
Here well-iced draughts of wine the men prepare.
With lotus shredded fine by fingers fair
But now a black cloud gathering in the sky
Warns me to finish off my verse and fly.
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Fu, Tu. “A Picnic.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/13/.
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Fu, Tu. “A Picnic.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/13/.
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