Poem
Lo Fu
CHIMNEY
Standing alone under a pale setting sunBlack hair lifted by the wind, but a slender shadow stands still
It is a little cool below the city wall, a little lonely
I am a chimney longing to fly
Head lowered, I gaze at the long moat
The water brimming, meandering for thousands of years
Who has had me imprisoned?
Every afternoon I gaze up
At the white clouds’ footprints in the sky
I yearn to travel afar;
Oh! that long river, those blue mountains
If I could be a wild crane chasing the clouds
Or even a fine speck of dust
But I\'m just a shadow cast below the city wall
— yielding loneliness to others
© Translation: 2007, John Balcom
CHIMNEY
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© 1956, Lo Fu
From: River of the Soul
From: River of the Soul
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CHIMNEY
Standing alone under a pale setting sunBlack hair lifted by the wind, but a slender shadow stands still
It is a little cool below the city wall, a little lonely
I am a chimney longing to fly
Head lowered, I gaze at the long moat
The water brimming, meandering for thousands of years
Who has had me imprisoned?
Every afternoon I gaze up
At the white clouds’ footprints in the sky
I yearn to travel afar;
Oh! that long river, those blue mountains
If I could be a wild crane chasing the clouds
Or even a fine speck of dust
But I\'m just a shadow cast below the city wall
— yielding loneliness to others
© 2007, John Balcom
From: River of the Soul
From: River of the Soul
CHIMNEY
Standing alone under a pale setting sunBlack hair lifted by the wind, but a slender shadow stands still
It is a little cool below the city wall, a little lonely
I am a chimney longing to fly
Head lowered, I gaze at the long moat
The water brimming, meandering for thousands of years
Who has had me imprisoned?
Every afternoon I gaze up
At the white clouds’ footprints in the sky
I yearn to travel afar;
Oh! that long river, those blue mountains
If I could be a wild crane chasing the clouds
Or even a fine speck of dust
But I\'m just a shadow cast below the city wall
— yielding loneliness to others
© 2007, John Balcom
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