Let’s Drink Wine (Li Ho Poems)
Hsi and Ho gallop their six steedsDays and nights leave us no leisure,Chasing the crow to Mount Yan-zi's bamboos,They flog ...
Li Ho Poems (19 Poems)
General (Li Ho Poems)
The valiant-hearted,Riding alone on Scarlet Hare,Out of the gates of Ch'in,To weep at Gold Grain MoundBy funereal trees.Rebellion in the ...
The King of Ch’in Drinks Wine (Li Ho Poems)
Straddling a tiger, the King of Ch'inRoams the Eight Poles,His glittering sword lights up the sky,Heaven turns sapphire.Hsi and Ho ...
Ballad of the Savage Tiger (Li Ho Poems)
No one attacks it with a long lance,No one plies a strong cross-bow.Suckling its grandsons, rearing its cubs,It trains them ...
Songs of the Brazen Immortal Bidding Farewell to Han (Li Ho Poems)
In the Mao-ling tomb lies the lad named Liu,Guest of the autumn wind.At night we hear his whinnying horse —At ...
Li Ping at the Vertical Harp (Li Ho Poems)
Silk from Wu, paulownia from Shu,Strummed in high autumn,In the white sky the frozen cloudsFalling, not floating.Ladies of the River ...
That the Days Are So Short (Li Ho Poems)
Flying lights, flying lights,I pledge you a cup of wine.I do not know if the blue heavens are high,The yellow ...
A Ballad of Heaven (Li Ho Poems)
The River of Heaven wheels round at nightDrifting the circling stars,At Silver Bank*, the floating cloudsMimic the murmur of water.By ...
Thirteen Poems from My Southern Garden (Li Ho Poems)
IBudding branches, stems of flowers,Blossom while I watch.Touched with white and streaked with crimson —Cheeks fo a girl from Yue,Sad ...
Song: Throwing off My Sadness Written under Mount Hua (Li Ho Poems)
An autumn wind blows over the earth,The grasses die,Mount Hua becomes a sapphire shadowIn the chill of dusk,Though I have ...
Do not Dance, Sir! (Li Ho Poems)
Lintels hung with coarse brocadeOf scarlet woof,Sunlight fades the rich brocade,The king still sober.Three times Yu saw the precious ringFlash ...
Long Songs after Short Songs (Li Ho Poems)
Long songs have split the collar of my robe,Short songs have cropped my whitening hair.The king of Ch'in is nowhere ...
Cold in the North … (Li Ho Poems)
Black sheen on one,purpl' on each other side.The Yellow Stream - all ice,so fish and dragon died.Tree barks, three foot ...
Mount Wu Is High (Li Ho Poems)
A cluster of emeraldsPiercing high heaven!Over the Great River's swelling wavesSpirits trail their mist.The King of Chu's soul sought a ...
Walking through the South Mountain Fields (Li Ho Poems)
The autumn wilds bright,Autumn wind white.Pool-water deep and clear,Insects whining,Clouds rise from rocks,On moss-grown mountains.cold reds weeping dew,Colour of graceful ...
Su Hsiao-hsiao’ (Li Ho Poems)
Dew upon lonely orchidsLike tear-brimmed eyes.No twining of love-knots,Mist-wreathed flowers I cannot bear to cut.Grass for her cushions,Pines for her ...
Immortals (Li Ho Poems)
Strumming his lute, high on a crag of stone,Sits an immortal sylph flapping his wings.White tail-plumes of a simurgh in ...
While reading in Ch’ang-ku (Li Ho Poems)
Buzzing of insects through the lamp's faint glow.Of drugs dense vapors, hov'ring in nightly chill.Having compassion on this guest, so ...
Do not plant a tree … (Li Ho Poems)
Do not plant a tree into your garden !Trees are bringing sadness every year.Lonely sleep, the moonlight in our window.And ...