Jun 11, 2020
魂乎归来！无东无西，无南无北只。 东有大海，溺水浟浟只。 螭龍并流，上下悠悠只。 雾雨淫淫，白皓胶只。 魂乎无东！汤谷(暘穀)寂寥只。 O Soul come back again and go not east or west, or north or south! For to the East a mighty water drowneth Earth’s other shore; Tossed on its waves and heaving with its tides The hornless Dragon of the Ocean rideth: Clouds gather low and fogs enfold the sea And gleaming ice drifts past. O Soul go not to the East, To the silent Valley of Sunrise!
Stanza II from “大招” or “The Great Summons” (trans. Arthur Waley), one of the poems anthologized in the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Chu ci, also known as The Songs of the South, traditionally attributed mainly to Qu Yuan