Nature
A Storm
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
Nature
No rain, and lovely flowers bloom around;
Rain falls, and battered petals strew the ground.
The bees and butterflies flit, one and all,
To seek the spring beyond my neighbour's wall.
Cite this poem
MLA
Chia, Wang. “A Storm.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chia/0/.
Chicago
Chia, Wang. “A Storm.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-chia/0/.