Li Ching Chao

Here you will find the Poem Tz'u No. 17 (He Is Gone) of poet Li Ching Chao

Tz'u No. 17 (He Is Gone)

To the tune of "Wu Ling Spring"

Wind ceased, the dust is scented
 with the fallen flowers.
Though day is getting late, I am too weary
 to attend to my hair.
Things remain as ever, yet he is here no more,
 and all is finished.
Fain would I speak, but tears flow first.

They say that at the Twin Brooks
 spring is still fair.
I, too, wish to row a boat there.
But I am afraid that the little skiff
 on the Twin Brooks
Could not bear the heavy load of my grief.