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Marching On The Ninth Day Of The Ninth Month Thinking Of The Changan Homeland

By Cen Shen

Translated from Chinese by Jeffrey Yang

May 1, 2004

Published in Nine Poems from Ancient China

China

A strong desire to climb high No one
comes to offer wine So forlorn for
distant homeland chrysanthemums
that must be in bloom near a field of war

A strong desire to climb high No one
comes to offer wine So forlorn for
distant homeland chrysanthemums
that must be in bloom near a field of war

Cen Shen

(715-70) was a friend of the illustrious Tang poet…

Jeffrey Yang

Jeffrey Yang is the author of the poetry collections Vanishing-Line and An…

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