He asks why I perch in the green jade hills.

I smile and do not answer. My heart is comfortable and at peace.

Fallen peach-flowers spread out widely, widely, over the water.

It is another sky and earth, not the world of man.


RECITING VERSES BY MOONLIGHT IN A WESTERN UPPER CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF THE GOLDEN MOUND

BY LI T'AI-PO

The night is still in Chin Ling, a cool wind blows.

I am alone in a high room, gazing over Wu and Yüeh.