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More Translations from the Chinese: Po Chü-i: Sleepi...

Arthur WaleyChinese PoetryClassical Chinese Literature

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We had rode long and were still far from the inn; My eyes grew dim; for a moment I fell asleep. Under my right arm the whip still dangled; In my left hand the reins for an instant slackened. Suddenly I woke and turned to question my groom: "We have gone a hundred paces since you fell asleep," Body and spirit for a while had exchanged place; Swift and slow had turned to their contraries.