I yield to the great waves, and my sorrow is increased.

I will return. I will go home. Oh-h-h-h-h!

Even for a little time, one cannot rely upon the World.

I long to pick the immortal herbs on the hill of P'êng.


POIGNANT GRIEF DURING A SUNNY SPRING

BY LI T'AI-PO

The East wind has come again.

I see the jade-green grass and realize that it is Spring.