Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BLUE-GREEN STREAM, by WANG WEI (699-761)


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THE BLUE-GREEN STREAM, by                    
First Line: Every time I have started for the yellow flower river
Last Line: Dropping my fish-line forever.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i
Subject(s): Calm; China; Inland Waters; Nature; Peace; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility


EVERY time I have started for the Yellow Flower River,
I have gone down the Blue-Green Stream,
Following the hills, making ten thousand turnings.
We go along rapidly, but advance scarcely one hundred li.
We are in the midst of a noise of water,
Of the confused and mingled sounds of water broken by stones,
And in the deep darkness of pine-trees.
Rocked, rocked,
Moving on and on,
We float past water-chestnuts
Into a still clearness reflecting reeds and rushes.
My heart is clear and white as silk; it has already achieved Peace;
It is smooth as the placid river.
I long to stay here, curled up on the rocks,
Dropping my fish-line forever.





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