Chinese Poems, Du Fu ( Tu Fu ), English Poetry, Poetry

Where to Live – Du Fu

Where to Live
West of the flower washing stream,

Not far downstream from the bridge,

The master has chosen a quiet spot

Here in the woods by the river.

Living apart from the city crowds,

The world loosens its grip;

Murmuring of this clear water dissolves

The sadness that burdens a stranger.

Countless dragonflies play in the air,

Dancing up and down;

A pair of wild ducks out in the stream

Swim and dive together.

You could take a boat downstream,

Thousands of miles to the east-

Or else forget the boat, and live

Here by this stream forever.
~  Du Fu ( From the book " Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du Fu " translated by Keith Holyoak)


			


	

		


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