NOTICE

All files on this site have been moved to http://www.wikilivres.ca. All future contributions to Wikilivres should be made there.

This site will be closed on June 6th, 2012.

Free texts and images.

Three Songs For Lady Pan written by Wang Wei, translated by A. S. Kline

Translation of A. S. Kline.

Three Songs For Lady Pan Fireflies flash on mica screens. No echo in Golden Halls. Seen through gauze the autumn night Where the lonely light shines. Autumn grass on Palace yards. The Emperor no longer cares to see. How much pain in clear music. They go past. The Golden Ones. Court-ladies’ blinds are closed. Courtyards empty. All are gone. Now they are part of spring gardens, Flowered voices in the sun. xx

This work is published here under the Creative Commons   license and can be reproduced if non-commercial. cs | de | en | es | fr | ru | zh