The Pool of Yaochi
瑤池 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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The Pool of Yaochi
The Jade Pond
Li Shangyin
The Jade Pond Mother opens her ornate window,
The song of the Yellow Bamboo shakes the earth with grief.
The Eight Steeds gallop thirty thousand leagues a day—
Why does King Mu never come again?
瑤池
瑤池
李商隱
瑤池阿母綺窗開
黃竹歌聲動地哀
八駿日行三萬里
穆王何事不重來
瑤池阿母綺窗開
黃竹歌聲動地哀
八駿日行三萬里
穆王何事不重來