The Traveller
I can take you where cicadas sing,
Near temples roofed with leaves of gold
As yellow as the sun,
There we will watch the darting dragonflies
And pick the ripe wild mangoes.
I can show you where the dolphins leap,
And caverns where the whirlpools roar
Like panthers in the night.
Then we will swim birth naked in the surf
And rest on sands of velvet.
I will give you cups from Kiangsi,
And silk from where the mulberry grows,
Soft as wings of moon moths.
And we will feed the sacred terrapins
With fruit and lotus blossoms.
I have found a place beyond Earth’s rim
Where men carve beasts of ironwood
And play strange instruments,
While gentle maids with flowers in their hair
Walk by the light of glow-worms.
Come with me to where cicadas sing
Near temples roofed with leaves of gold
As yellow as the sun.
There we will watch the darting dragon flies
And pick the sweet ripe mangoes.
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