I still remember our drinking tea in Guangzhou
And your asking for verses in Chongqing as the leaves yellowed.
Back in the old capital after thirty-one years,
At the season of falling flowers I read your polished lines.
Beware of heartbreak with grievance overfull,
Range far your eye over long vistas.
Do not say the waters of Kunming Lake are too shallow,
For watching fish they are better than Fuchun River.
(Mao Zedong)
More Poetry from Mao Zedong:
- Changsha (Mao Zedong Poems)
- Farewell to the Plague Spirit (Mao Zedong Poems)
- Snow (Mao Zedong Poems)
- Swimming (Mao Zedong Poems)
- Kunlun (Mao Zedong Poems)
- Two Birds: a Dialogue (Mao Zedong Poems)