History & Politics
A Song of Liang-chou
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
History & Politics
They sing, they drain their cups of jade,
They strum on horseback their guitars.
. . . Why laugh when they fall asleep drunk on the sand? —
How many soldiers ever come home?
Cite this poem
MLA
Han, Wang. “A Song of Liang-chou.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-han/1/.
Chicago
Han, Wang. “A Song of Liang-chou.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-han/1/.
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