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Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward - Qian Qi Read
上國隨緣住,
來途若夢行 ...You were foreordained to find the source.
Now, tracing your way as in ... -
Toward the Temple of Heaped Fragrance - Wang Wei Read
不知香積寺,
數里入雲峰 ...Not knowing the way to the Temple of Heaped Fragrance,
Under miles of ... -
To a Friend Bound North After the Rebellion - Sikong Shu Read
世亂同南去,
時清獨北還 ...In dangerous times we two came south;
Now you go north in safety ... -
The Temple of the Premier of Shu - Du Fu Read
丞相祠堂何處尋?
錦官城外柏森森 ...Where is the temple of the famous Premier? –
In a deep pine grove ... -
My Retreat at Mount Zhongnan - Wang Wei Read
中歲頗好道,
晚家南山陲 ...My heart in middle age found the Way.
And I came to dwell ... -
There Is Only One - Li Shangyin Read
為有雲屏無限嬌,
鳳城寒盡怕春宵 ...There is only one Carved-Cloud, exquisite always-
Yet she dreads the spring, blowing ...