The Jade Mountain/A Message from Lake Tung-t'ing

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A Spring Morning

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

A Message from Lake Tung-t'ing by Meng Haoran

On Climbing Yen Mountain with Friends

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4728288The Jade Mountain — A Message from Lake Tung-t'ingWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuMeng Haoran

A MESSAGE FROM LAKE TUNG-T'ING

To Premier Chang

Here in the Eighth-month the waters of the lakeAre of a single air with heaven,And a mist from the Yun and Mêng valleysHas beleaguered the city of Yo-chou.I should like to cross, but I can find no boat.. . . How ashamed I am to be idler than you statesmen,As I sit here and watch a fisherman castingAnd emptily envy him his catch.