The Jade Mountain/Harmonizing a Poem by Palace-Attendant Kuo

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In My Lodge at Wang-ch'üan after a Long Rain

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

Harmonizing a Poem by Palace-Attendant Kuo by Wang Wei

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4728164The Jade Mountain — Harmonizing a Poem by Palace-Attendant KuoWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuWang Wei

HARMONIZING A POEM BY
PALACE-ATTENDANT KUO

High beyond the thick wall a tower shines with sunsetWhere peach and plum are blooming and the willow-cotton flies.You have heard in your office the court-bell of twilight;Birds find perches, officials head for home. Your morning-jade will tinkle as you thread the golden palace;You will bring the word of Heaven from the closing gates at night.And I should serve there with you; but being full of years,I have taken off official robes and am resting from my troubles.

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