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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD POEM: 9, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Far away twinkles the herd-boy star
Last Line: Gazing at each other but never able to speak
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.)
First Line: Far away twinkles the herd-boy star
Last Line: Gazing at each other but never able to speak
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.)
FAR away twinkles the Herd-boy star;
Brightly shines the Lady of the Han River.
Slender, slender she plies her white fingers.
Click, click go the wheels of her spinning-loom.
At the end of the day she has not finished her task;
Her bitter tears fall like streaming rain.
The Han River runs shallow and clear;
Set between them, how short a space!
But the river water will not let them pass,
Gazing at each other but never able to speak.
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