Venice masks

Thursday 26 May 2016

Other men ride high on horses - Wang Fanzhi

Other men ride high on horses,
A donkey I straddle, poor, poor me.
I turn and I see a firewood pedlar,
My heart, a wee bit less unhappy.

Wang Fanzhi (c.592 – c.670)
Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong (Huang Hongfa)

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