Living
A Night Abroad
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Living
A light wind is rippling at the grassy shore. . . .
Through the night, to my motionless tall mast,
The stars lean down from open space,
And the moon comes running up the river.
. . . If only my art might bring me fame
And free my sick old age from office! —
Flitting, flitting, what am I like
But a sand-snipe in the wide, wide world!
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Fu, Tu. “A Night Abroad.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/47/.
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Fu, Tu. “A Night Abroad.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/47/.
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