by Liu Jixu
Translation by Harold Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968)
闕題
Language: Chinese (中文)
道由白雲盡 春與青溪長 時有落花至 遠隋流水香 閑門向山路 深柳讀書堂 幽映每白日 清輝照衣裳
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944, copyright © ; composed by Hilding Rosenberg.
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- ENG English (Witter Bynner) , "A poem", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
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A poem
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
On a road outreaching the white clouds, By a spring outrunning the bluest river, Petals come drifting on the wind And the brook is sweet with them all the way. My quiet gate is a mountain-trail, And the willow-trees about my cottage Sift on my sleeve, through the shadowy noon, Distillations of the sun.
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- by Harold Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "A poem", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Liu Jixu , "闕題"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 54