The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien by Tao Chien & David Hinton

The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien by Tao Chien & David Hinton

Author:Tao Chien & David Hinton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2016-04-21T00:00:00+00:00


9/9, CHI YEAR OF THE ROOSTER

In all its reckless leisure, autumn begins

its end. Cold – the dew-charged wind cold,

vines will blossom no more. Our courtyard

trees have spent themselves: they stand

empty. Dingy air washed clean, clear sky

heightens the distant borders of heaven,

and now mourning cicadas have gone silent,

geese call out beneath gossamer clouds.

The ten thousand changes follow each other

away – so why shouldn’t living be hard?

And everyone dies. It’s always been true,

I know, but thinking of it still leaves me



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