Relationships
The Rejected Wife
Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)
Relationships
Entering the Hall, she meets the new wife:
Leaving the gate, she runs into her former husband.
Words stick: she does not manage to say anything:
She presses her hands together and hesitates.
Agitates moon-like fan--sheds pearl-like tears--
Realizes she loves him just as much as ever:
That her present pain will never come to an end.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yüan-ti. “The Rejected Wife.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yuan-ti/0/.
Chicago
Yüan-ti. “The Rejected Wife.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yuan-ti/0/.