Excerpt: ...to her house. When she was born They shut her little feet in iron boxes, So that my beloved never walks the roads. When she was born They shut her heart in a box of iron, So that my beloved shall never love me. From the Chinese. THE WESTERN WINDOW At the head of a thousand roaring warriors, With the sound of gongs, My husband has departed Following glory. At first I was overjoyed To have a young girl's liberty. Now I look at the yellowing willow-leaves; They were green the day he left. I wonder if he also was ...
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Excerpt: ...to her house. When she was born They shut her little feet in iron boxes, So that my beloved never walks the roads. When she was born They shut her heart in a box of iron, So that my beloved shall never love me. From the Chinese. THE WESTERN WINDOW At the head of a thousand roaring warriors, With the sound of gongs, My husband has departed Following glory. At first I was overjoyed To have a young girl's liberty. Now I look at the yellowing willow-leaves; They were green the day he left. I wonder if he also was glad? From the Chinese of Wang Ch'ang Ling (eighth century). IN LUKEWARM WEATHER The women who were girls a long time ago Are sitting between the flower bushes And speaking softly together: "They pretend that we are old and have white hair; They say also that our faces Are not like the spring moons. "Perhaps it is a lie; We cannot see ourselves. "Who will tell us for certain That winter is not at the other side of the mirror, Obscuring our delights And covering our hair with frost?" From the Chinese of Wang Ch'ang Ling (eighth century). WRITTEN ON WHITE FROST The white frost covers all the arbute-trees, Like powder on the faces of women. Looking from window consider That a man without women is like a flower Naked without its leaves. To drive away my bitterness I write this thought with my narrowed breath On the white frost. From the Chinese of Wang Chi (sixth and seventh centuries). A FLUTE OF MARVEL Under the leaves and cool flowers The wind brought me the sound of a flute From far away. I cut a branch of willow And answered with a lazy song. Even at night, when all slept, The birds were listening to a conversation In their own language. From the Chinese of Li Po (705-763). THE WILLOW-LEAF I am in love with a child dreaming at the window. Not for her elaborate house On the banks of Yellow River; But for a willow-leaf she has let fall Into the water. I am in love with the east breeze. Not that he brings the scent of the flowering of peaches...
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