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Setting Sail on the Yang-tsze
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Wistful, away from my friends and kin,
Through mist and fog I float and float
With the sail that bears me toward Lo-yang.
In Yang-chou trees linger bell-notes of evening,
Marking the day and the place of our parting. . . .
When shall we meet again and where?
. . . Destiny is a boat on the waves,
Borne to and fro, beyond our will.
Codex Note
To Secretary Yuan
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MLA
Ying-wu, Wei. “Setting Sail on the Yang-tsze.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/11/.
Chicago
Ying-wu, Wei. “Setting Sail on the Yang-tsze.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/11/.
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