Ho Xuan Huong Face Poems
- 1. Day And Night
Peekaboo we used to play;
my hands covered my face,
your hands covered your face,
incredible, there we were gone.
... - 2. The Fan
Are you seventeen or eighteen?(1)
Let me cherish you by all means.
Thin or thick you display a triangle, and
Large or small I hold you with one hand.
... - 3. Three-mountain Pass
A cliff face. Another. And still a third.
Who was so skilled to carve this craggy scene:
the cavern's red door, the ridge's narrow cleft,
... - 4. Viewing Cac-co Cavern
Heaven and earth brought forth this rocky mass
its face cut by a deep crevasse
crack's dark mouth shagged with moss
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