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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (2), by WEI WEN-TI
First Line: In the north-west there is a floating cloud
Last Line: This being abroad and always living in dread.
Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.)
First Line: In the north-west there is a floating cloud
Last Line: This being abroad and always living in dread.
Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.)
IN the North-west there is a floating cloud
Stretched on high, like a chariot's canvas-awning.
Alas that I was born in these times,
To be blown along like a cloud puffed by the wind!
It has blown me away far to the South-east,
On and on till I came to Wu-hui.
Wu-hui is not my country:
Why should I go on staying and staying here?
I will give it up and never speak of it again, --
This being abroad and always living in dread.
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