李冶诗

Poems of Li Ye


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结素鱼贻友人

Tying Silk Fish for Friends


尺素如残雪
结为双鲤鱼
欲知心里事
看取腹中书

A foot of silk like unmelted snow
Is tied in the shape of two carp.
If you want to know what's in my heart,
Let's read the book of what I feel.

-- 李冶


废话

A private poem I think. I've never heard of tying string into the shape of carp. Perhaps it's ephemeral, like making Jacob's Ladder with her hands, as she thinks of friends with her heart.


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