Love
A Sigh in the Court of Perpetual Faith
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
She brings a broom at dawn to the Golden Palace doorway
And dusts the hall from end to end with her round fan,
And, for all her jade-whiteness, she envies a crow
Whose cold wings are kindled in the Court of the Bright Sun.
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Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “A Sigh in the Court of Perpetual Faith.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/9/.
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Ch’ang-ling, Wang. “A Sigh in the Court of Perpetual Faith.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chang-ling/9/.
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