On the River by Yü Hsüan-chi

zdunno03's avatarLeonard Durso

The Great River wraps an arm
angling around Wu-ch’ang
Parrot Island faces the gates
of ten thousand homes.
Spring sleep in a pleasure boat
unfulfilled at dawn–
In dreams a butterfly
still seeking blossoms.

translated by Jan W. Walls

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