As Fall Begins, I Look Within Li Yi (746-829) Ten thousand fears have come to fix my life,As on this mirrored shore I gaze uneased—Here all I see has turned my temples whiteAnd now it’s time to face the autumn breeze. Chinese 立秋前一日覽鏡李益 萬事銷身外生涯在鏡中唯將滿鬢雪明日對秋風 Pronunciation Lì Qiū Qián Yī …
Read MoreLi Yi’s “Delighted to See My Cousin, Only To Say ‘Goodbye’ Again” (300 Tang #146)
Translation Li Yi (746-829) 李益 Delighted to See My Cousin, Only To Say “Goodbye” Again 喜見外 弟又言別 Ten years, the chaos left behind, 十年 離亂後 Growing throughout, we come across each other. 長大 一相逢 Inquiring on our family names, surprised, we begin to see; …
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