Religion
A Poem to a Taoist Hermit on Ch'uan-chiao Mountain
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
My office has grown cold today;
And I suddenly think of my mountain friend
Gathering firewood down in the valley
Or boiling white stones for potatoes in his hut . . .
I wish I might take him a cup of wine
To cheer him through the evening storm;
But in fallen leaves that have heaped the bare slopes,
How should I ever find his footprints!
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MLA
Ying-wu, Wei. “A Poem to a Taoist Hermit on Ch'uan-chiao Mountain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/12/.
Chicago
Ying-wu, Wei. “A Poem to a Taoist Hermit on Ch'uan-chiao Mountain.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/12/.
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