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Slow,Slow Tune
---Li Qing-zhao

I look for what I miss,
Slow,Slow TuneI know not what it is :
I feel so sad,so drear,
So lonely ,without cheer.
How hard is it
To keep me fit
In this lingering cold!
Hardly warmed up
By cup on cup
Of wine so dry.
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In the Rainy Season of Spring
In the Rainy Season of Spring
--- Du Mu


It drizeles endlessly during the rainy season in spring,
Travellers along the road look gloomy and miserable.
When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,
He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.  
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A FAREWELL TO MENG HAORAN ON HIS WAY TO YANGZHOU
Seven-character-quatrain
A FAREWELL TO MENG HAORAN
ON HIS WAY TO YANGZHOU
---Li Bai


You have left me behind, old friend, at the Yellow Crane Terrace,
On your way to visit Yangzhou in the misty month of flowers;
Your sail, a single shadow, becomes one with the blue sky,
Till now I see only the river, on its way to heaven
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A Twig of Mume Blossoms
"A Twig of Mume Blossoms"
---Li Qing-zhao


The jade-like mat feels autumn's cold, Ichange a coat
And'mid the fading fragrance
Of lotus pink alone I boat.
Will wild returning geese bring letters through the cloud?
When they come ,with moonbeams
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Tune:"Like A Dream"--(Li Qing-zhao)
Tune:"Like A Dream"
--Li Qing-zhao

Last night the wind was strong and rain was fine,
Sound sleep did not dispel the taste of wine.
I ask the maid who's rolling up the screen.
"The same crab-apple tree," she say,"is seen."
"Don't you know,
Don't you know
The red should languish and the green must grow?"
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