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Poems of Korea in Chinese - In Peking to a Woman with a Veil
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From the Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry – edited by Peter Lee
Cho Hwi [fl. 1568-1608]
In Peking to a Woman with a Veil
Shy, you veil your face on the street -
Clear moonlight through faint clouds,
Your slender waist, tightly bound, is a handspan,
Your new gauze skirt a pomegranate colour.