by Song Zhiwen (660? - 710)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)

A vision
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
The dust of the morn had been laid by a shower,
And the trees by the bridge were all covered with flower,
When a white palfrey passed with a saddle of gold,
And a damsel as fair as the fairest of old.

But she veiled so discreetly her charms from my eyes
That the boy who was with her quite felt for my sighs;
And although not a light-o'-love reckoned, I deem,
It was hard that this vision should pass like a dream.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-07
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