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3rd Century Poems

I Swim in That Long River

We present this work in honor of Dragon Boat Day.

05-13 Ji
Ji Kang
Chinese
223 – 262
https://poetscorner184787659.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/z-05-13-22.mp3

 

I swim in that long river
And rest on its bank.
I climb that high hillcrest
And cut the wild thorn.
Alas! I journey afar,
Alone I travel, in utter solitude.
I look up at that temperate wind
And shed tears like the rain.

 

Translation by Stephen Owen and Wendy Schwartz

Comment June 3, 2022May 15, 2022 Matthew Baker
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