The title characters of this work meet when one of them is "playing horse" and fooling around with some blue plums.
The title characters of this work meet when one of them is "playing horse" and fooling around with some blue plums. One of the title characters addresses the other as "My Lord you" and questions why she should "climb the lookout." The speaker later notes that the "paired butterflies" that are "yellow with August" hurt her, and mentions the moss that has accumulated on the gate. The speaker hears monkeys making sorrowful noises, and desires to be informed of a journey down the River Kiang, so she can meet her husband "as far as Cho-fu-sa." The first English translation of this poem was published in Cathay, in which it was attributed to "Rihaku." For 10 points, name this poem about a woman whose husband went "by the river of the swirling eddies," a poem by Li Po that was translated by Ezra Pound.
The title characters of this work meet when one of them is "playing horse" and fooling around with some blue plums.
“The {River-Merchant’s Wife}: A Letter”