Nature
Bound Home to Mount Sung
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Nature
The limpid river, past its bushes
Running slowly as my chariot,
Becomes a fellow voyager
Returning home with the evening birds.
A ruined city-wall overtops an old ferry,
Autumn sunset floods the peaks.
. . . Far away, beside Mount Sung,
I shall close my door and be at peace.
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MLA
Wei, Wang. “Bound Home to Mount Sung.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/18/.
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Wei, Wang. “Bound Home to Mount Sung.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/18/.
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