Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North
Reaching
THE HAN MONUMENT
A Cicada
Wind and Rain
Falling Petals
Thoughts in the Cold
North Among Green Vines
The Inlaid Harp
To One Unnamed
The Palace of the Sui Emperor
To One Unnamed I
To One Unnamed II
In the Camp of the Sketching Brush
To One Unnamed III
Spring Rain
To One Unnamed IV
To One Unnamed V
The Leyou Tombs
A Message to Secretary Linghu
There Is Only One
The Sui Palace
The Jade Pool
To the Moon Goddess
| Multiple poems at a time |
无题·其二To One Unnamed II
无题·其二
Li Shangyin
A misty rain comes blowing with a wind from the east,
And wheels faintly thunder beyond Hibiscus Pool.
...Round the golden-toad lock, incense is creeping;
The jade tiger tells, on its cord, of water being drawn
A great lady once, from behind a screen, favoured a poor youth;
A fairy queen brought a bridal mat once for the ease of a prince and then vanished.
...Must human hearts blossom in spring, like all other flowers?
And of even this bright flame of love, shall there be only ashes?
Translator: Witter Bynner
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