Song of Jiangnan (Married a merchant of Qutang)

江南曲 (嫁得瞿塘賈) · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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English translation 中文原文

Married to a Qutang merchant,

Morning after morning he misses his promised time.

Had I known the tides keep their faith,

I would have married a tide-riding lad.

江南曲 (嫁得瞿塘賈)

嫁得瞿塘賈，朝朝誤妾期。

早知潮有信，嫁與弄潮兒。