229. Farewell to Cui Pei Di Traversing mountains thin and deepAnd on through hills and dales revered;For just a day you’ll be a manOf Eden, land of love and cheer. Chinese Pronunciation 送崔九 Sòng cuī jiǔ 歸山深淺去， Guī shān shēn qiǎn qù， …
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Eighty years old with nowhere to go, Away and cold, you beg for clothes; Again and again I pity your woes As all is gone, but the wind still blows. Original Chinese poem by Bai Juyi
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The River Chu has split the hills in twoTo send the jade-brushed water east and back,Around the two opposing hills anewAs a lonely boat sits still in a sunlit crack. Original Chinese poem by Li Bai
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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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Happiness is yet to come— From low I grasp the light To embrace the empty sky, But no moon or stars tonight. Translation of an anonymous Chinese poem
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