SUNG TO THE AIR: "THE WANDERER"
Florence Wheelock Ayscough translation
(COMPOSED BY SU WU IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR WU OF HAN)
BY MÊNG CHIAO
Thread from the hands of a doting mother Worked into the clothes of a far-off journeying son. Before his departure, were the close, fine stitches set, Lest haply his return be long delayed. The heart—the inch-long grass— Who will contend that either can repay The gentle brightness of the Third Month of Spring.