Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poet's Biography First Line: Sad, sad - lean with long illness Last Line: Deep down still aches as of old! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness | ||||||||
SAD, sad -- lean with long illness; Monotonous, monotonous -- days and nights pass. The summer trees have clad themselves in shade; The autumn "lan" already houses the dew. The eggs that lay in the nest when I took to bed Have changed into little birds and flown away. The worm that then lay hidden in its hole Has hatched into a cricket sitting on the tree. The Four Seasons go on for ever and ever: In all Nature nothing stops to rest Even for a moment. Only the sick man's heart Deep down still aches as of old! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS by PO CHU-YI |
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