Returning from dream, sobering up, I fear spring sorrow.
Smoke dies in the duck-shaped incense burner, but the fragrance lingers.
My thin quilt can’t stop the dawn chill.
Cuckoos sing and sing till from the west tower the moon drops.
translated by Tony Barnstone & Chou Ping
Reading this I felt like I was there. Cool groggy mornings, smouldering sweet scents, chanting welcomes the day.
Glad you liked it. She was a wonderful poet whose family destroyed much of her poetry after she died. But what is left is sad but beautiful.
Very much. Very beautiful. Very sad. Thank you sharing 🙂
Wow that’s pretty.
Yes, it is. I’ll try to post more of her but not much is available unfortunately.