Love
In Her Quiet Window
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
Too young to have learned what sorrow means,
Attired for spring, she climbs to her high chamber. . . .
The new green of the street-willows is wounding her heart —
Just for a title she sent him to war.
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MLA
Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “In Her Quiet Window.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/7/.
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Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “In Her Quiet Window.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/7/.
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