Love
On a Moonlight Night
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Far off in Fu-chou she is watching the moonlight,
Watching it alone from the window of her chamber —
For our boy and girl, poor little babes,
Are too young to know where the Capital is.
Her cloudy hair is sweet with mist,
Her jade-white shoulder is cold in the moon.
. . . When shall we lie again, with no more tears,
Watching this bright light on our screen?
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MLA
Fu, Tu. “On a Moonlight Night.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/39/.
Chicago
Fu, Tu. “On a Moonlight Night.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/39/.
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