History & Politics
Looking Down in a Spring Rain on the Course from Fairy-Mountain Palace to the Pavilion of Increase
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Round a turn of the Ch'in Fortress winds the Wei River,
And Yellow Mountain foot-hills enclose the Court of China;
Past the South Gate willows comes the Car of Many Bells
On the upper Palace-Garden Road — a solid length of blossom;
A Forbidden City roof holds two phoenixes in cloud;
The foliage of spring shelters multitudes from rain;
And now, when the heavens are propitious for action,
Here is our Emperor ready — no wasteful wanderer.
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MLA
Wei, Wang. “Looking Down in a Spring Rain on the Course from Fairy-Mountain Palace to the Pavilion of Increase.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/26/.
Chicago
Wei, Wang. “Looking Down in a Spring Rain on the Course from Fairy-Mountain Palace to the Pavilion of Increase.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/26/.
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