Arts & Sciences
Dancing
Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)
Arts & Sciences
Wide sleeves sway.
Scents,
Sweet scents
Incessantly coming.
It is red lilies,
Lotus lilies,
Floating up,
And up,
Out of Autumn mist.
Thin clouds
Puffed,
Fluttered,
Blown on a rippling wind
Through a mountain pass.
Young willow shoots
Touching,
Brushing,
The water
Of the garden pool.
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Codex Note
In the book: the "White Poplar" imperial concubine of the Emperor Ming Huang.
Cite this poem
MLA
Kuei-fei, Yang. “Dancing.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yang-kuei-fei/0/.
Chicago
Kuei-fei, Yang. “Dancing.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yang-kuei-fei/0/.