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Qiupu River Song

Li Bai 701-762 My white hair extends three miles The sorrow of parting made it this long Looking in a mirror who would guess Where autumn frost comes from

Qiūpǔ Gē

Lǐ Bái 701-762 Bái fà sān qiān zhàng， Quán chóu sì gè cháng? Bù zhī míng jìng lǐ， Héchǔ dé qiū shuāng！

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: This poem is the 15th of 17 poems that Li Bai wrote at Qiupu. From Poems of the Masters, one of the best books of general translations of Chinese poems into English. detailed notes on each poem and all poems are displayed in the original Chinese. Translated by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press.

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