Wan Qiu

"Wan Qiu"

Preface: "Wan Qiu" is a poem satirizing Duke Chen You. He was dissolute and disorderly, indulging in pleasure and dissipation without restraint.

How lightly you dance,

On the high slope of Wan Qiu.

Truly there is deep feeling,

Yet no renown.

Drums are beaten with a thundering sound,

At the foot of Wan Qiu's hill.

Regardless of winter's cold or summer's heat,

You dance, holding egret plumes.

Pots are struck with a clanging sound,

On the great road of Wan Qiu.

Regardless of winter's cold or summer's heat,

You dance, holding egret plumes.

"Wan Qiu" has three stanzas, each of four lines.