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An Autumn Night Message

by Wei Ying-wu 8th century AD

Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)

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As I walk in the cool of the autumn night,
Thinking of you, singing my poem,
I hear a mountain pine-cone fall. . . .
You also seem to be awake.

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To Ch'iu

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Ying-wu, Wei. “An Autumn Night Message.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/5/.

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Ying-wu, Wei. “An Autumn Night Message.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/5/.

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