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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

In a Retreat among Bamboos

Witter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans.

From “Poems by Wang Wei”
From the Chinese

ALONE I am sitting under close bamboos,

Playing on my lute, singing without words.

Who can hear me in this thicket?…

Bright and friendly comes the moon.