Li Po: Visit to the Cold Clear Spring

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Visit to the Cold Clear Spring

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by Li Po
(701 - 762) Timeline

English version by
L. Cranmer-Byng

Original Language
Chinese

Taoist

8th Century

Ah! when the darkness blinds the orb of day
This cold clear spring chatters my grief away,
And, as the current whirls along,
She lilts a little wordless song;
This little wizard, clear and cold,
Echoes the thoughts I left untold,
And for music I have the sound
Of the tall pines surging round.

-- from A Feast of Lanterns, Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng

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Themes

Night

Sound

Spring Blossom

Water

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