Unrewarded, my will to serve the State;
At my closed door autumn grasses grow.
What could I do to ease a rustic heart?
I planted bamboo, more than a hundred shoots.
When I see their beauty, as they grow by the stream-side,
I feel again as though I lived in the hills,
And many a time on public holidays
Round their railing I walk till night comes.
Do not say that their roots are still weak,
Do not say that their shade is still small;
Already I feel that both in garden and house
Day by day a fresher air moves.
But most I love, lying near the window-side,
to hear in their branches the sound of the autumn-wind.
Planting Bamboos
Bai Juyi
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Poem topics: beauty, heart, house, night, time, walk, wind, weak, shade, small, hear, door, garden, public, sound, window, stream, bamboo, autumn, feel, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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