Extracts from poems of Po Chu-i (772-846) ...

Bai JuYi Poetry In English Translation An early cricket chirps, then pauses; the dying lamp gutters then flares again. Outside my window I know it is raining-- the leaves of the banana first know its drumming. Translated by David Lunde Rain at Night North of Solitary Mountain Temple and west of Chia Pavilion the water's surface is flattened by the wet feet of clouds. Early warblers dart and ...