Waiting for the Moon by Juyi Bai & Arthur Waley

Author:Juyi Bai & Arthur Waley [Bai, Juyi & Waley, Arthur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Asian, Fiction, Poetry, Ancient & Classical
ISBN: 9781604190649
Google: oDqPZwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1604190477
Publisher: Axios Press
Published: 2012-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

The Fifteenth Volume

[Having completed the fifteenth volume of his works, the poet sends it to his friends Youan Zhen and Li Jian, with a jesting poem.]

[Written in 818 CE]

My long poem, the “Eternal Grief,”62 is a beautiful and moving work;

My ten “Suongs of Shensi” are models of tunefulness.

I cannot prevent Old Youan from stealing my best rhymes;

But I earnestly beg Little Li to respect my ballads and songs.

While I am alive riches and honor will never fall to my lot;

But well I know that after I am dead the fame of my books will live.

This random talk and foolish boasting forgive me, for today

I have added Volume Fifteen to the row that stands to my name.

62 See Giles, A History of Chinese Literature, p. 169.

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