Love
She Sighs on Her Jade Lute
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Love
A cool-matted silvery bed; but no dreams. . . .
An evening sky as green as water, shadowed with tender clouds;
But far off over the southern rivers the calling of a wildgoose,
And here a twelve-story building, lonely under the moon.
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MLA
T’ing-yün, Wen. “She Sighs on Her Jade Lute.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wen-ting-yun/1/.
Chicago
T’ing-yün, Wen. “She Sighs on Her Jade Lute.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wen-ting-yun/1/.
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