Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Mount Chung-NanWitter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans.
From “Poems by Wang Wei”
From the Chinese
From the Chinese
T
Joins a thousand mountains to the corner of the sea.
Clouds, when I look back, close behind me;
Mists, when I enter them, are gone.
A central peak divides the wilds
And weather into many valleys….
Needing a place to spend the night,
I call to a wood-cutter over the river.