Section EIGHT
Chinese-English		 CHINESE POEMS - Trio in Metapoeia
Wang Wei:
Lotuses Awaft



The Hill-Bird

The Bright Moon

 

 Chu hsüan......
Chu hsüan kwei huan nu

Lien tung hsia yu chou. 
 
 

Yueh ch'u......
Yueh ch'u ching shan niao

Shih ming ch'un chien chung.
 
 

Ming-yueh..... 
Ming-yueh sung-chien chao

Ch'ing-ch'uan shih-shang liu.

 Lotuses Awaft
Bamboos a-rustle:
       washerwomen bustling back;
Lotuses awaft,
       and here comes down
                      the fishing-smack!

The Hill-Bird
Moonrise!
Startled,
     the Hill-Bird cries shrilly
Off and on -
Below -
     in the Spring Valley.

The Bright Moon
Among the pines
      the moon shines brightly;
Upon the shingle
      clear waters spring lightly.
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