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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CURTAIN OF THE WEDDING BED, by MRS. LIU HSUN
First Line: Flap, flap, you curtain in front of our bed!
Last Line: Curtain -- shall I ever take you out again?
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: Flap, flap, you curtain in front of our bed!
Last Line: Curtain -- shall I ever take you out again?
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
FLAP, flap, you curtain in front of our bed!
I hung you there to screen us from the light of day.
I brought you with me when I left my father's house;
Now I am taking you back with me again.
I will fold you up and lay you flat in your box.
Curtain -- shall I ever take you out again?
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