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by Fu Mi (105l - 1107)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)

Lovers parted 
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
In the Kingdom of Yen 
  a young gallant resides, 
In the Kingdom of Chao 
  a fair damsel abides; 
No long leagues of wearisome 
  road intervene, 
But a chain of steep mountains 
  is set in between. 
Ye clouds, on your broad bosoms 
  bear me afar, 
The winds for my horses 
  made fast to my car! 

Ah, jade lies deep hid 
  in the bowels of earth ; 
To the fair epidendrum 
  the prairie gives birth; 
And the clouds in the sky, 
  they come not at call; 
And the fickle breeze rises, 
  alas, but to fall. 
And so I am left 
  with my thoughts to repine, 
And think of that loved one 
  who ne'er can be mine. 

Confirmed with Chinese poetry in English verse, translated by Herbert Allen Giles, London, B. Quaritch, 1898, pages 28-29.


Text Authorship:

  • by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "Lovers parted ", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, London, B. Quaritch, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Fu Mi (105l - 1107) [text unavailable]
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959) ; composed by Albert Roussel.
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