The Jade Mountain/A Sigh in the Spring Palace

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A Song of a Prince Deposed

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

A Sigh in the Spring Palace by Du Xunhe

I Climb to the Lo-yu Tombs Before Leaving for Wu-hsing

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4728209The Jade Mountain — A Sigh in the Spring PalaceWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuDu Xunhe

Tu Hsün-hê

鶴荀杜

A SIGH IN THE SPRING PALACE

Knowing beauty my misfortune,I face my mirror with a sigh.To please a fastidious emperor,How shall I array myself? . . .Birds flock and sing when the wind is warm,Flower-shadows climb when the sun is high—And year after year girls in the southAre picking hibiscus, dreaming of love!

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