The Jade Mountain/The Temple of Su Wu

by Wen Tingyun

THE TEMPLE OF SU WU

Though our envoy, Su Wu, is gone, body and soul,This temple survives, these trees endure . . .Wildgeese through the clouds are still calling to the moon thereAnd hill-sheep unshepherded graze along the border.. . . Returning, he found his country changedSince with youthful cap and sword he had left it.His bitter adventures had won him no title . . .Autumn-waves endlessly sob in the river.

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