Nature
After the Rain
Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1916) · From A Feast of Lanterns (1916)
Nature
In the Pavilion of Green Purity
The green of the circling lawns is mirrored anew,
Across the crystal frontiers that divide
Are smiling flowers and raindrops glancing through.
And lo, the strange blue void wells clear of the clouds
Like a sky beyond a sky, with a blue beyond the blue.
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Mei, Yüan. “After the Rain.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yuan-mei/8/.
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Mei, Yüan. “After the Rain.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yuan-mei/8/.
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