another translation of one of my favorite poems by Li Shang-yin: Message to a Northern Friend on a Rainy Night by Li Shang-yin

You ask when I’m coming back
The date not set yet
On Pa Shah
night rain
brimming autumn pools
Ah! when shall we
at western window
trim candles together
and gossip about
night’s rain on Pa Shan?

translated by C.H. Kwock & Vince nt McHugh

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