Li Shangyin Index


Li Shangyin was one of the greatest Late Tang poets. His works are characterised by cryptic historical and political allusions, but his more accessible pieces describe illicit love affairs.
Each poem indexed below appears in characters, pinyin, and literal and literary English translation; alternatively, the English translations are collected on one page here.
Sent North on a Rainy Night
The Pleasure Plain
Untitled (Her Promises to Come Were Empty Words)




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