Before the Duke of Zhou

Before the Duke of Zhou Yu Xin (513-581)  One dawn I had a home; today it’s gone,An orchid rooted out and set to burn.As one would tell a tale of long lost friendsI live my life to watch the world turn.   Chinese 集周公處連句詩庾信 市朝一朝變蘭艾本同焚故人相借問平生如所聞 Pronunciation Jí Zhōu Gōng Chǔ …

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Spreading Their Wings

Look at the bird, he spreads his wings,The image stays like a song I sing.He flies in a tune above, below,So rich and free from the toil I know. For ages I gaze at the sun and moon,The distant clouds, whose path still looms.For hundreds of …

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