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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESPONDENT, by SSU-K'UNG T'U Poet's Biography
First Line: A gale goes ruffling down the stream
Last Line: And through the old thatch drips the rain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Piao-sheng
Subject(s): Despair
First Line: A gale goes ruffling down the stream
Last Line: And through the old thatch drips the rain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Piao-sheng
Subject(s): Despair
A gale goes ruffling down the stream,
The giants of the forest crack;
My thoughts are bitter -- black as death --
For she, my summer, comes not back.
A hundred years like water glide,
Riches and rank are ashen cold,
Daily the dream of peace recedes:
By whom shall Sorrow be consoled?
The soldier, dauntless, draws his sword,
And there are tears and endless pain;
The winds arise, leaves flutter down,
And through the old thatch drips the rain.
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