You ask when I’ll return but when doesn’t have a date
the rain tonight in the hills of Pa floods the autumn lakes
when will we trim candlewicks by the west window again
and talk about when it rained in the hills of Pa this night
translated by Red Pine
Lovely!
Yes, it is.
🙂
I agree. One of the best!
One of my favorite poems by him regardless of who translates it.
you realise that all this classical Chinese poetry has just about ruined me for any other form…
I sympathize. It is my favorite, too.