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By the Waters of Wei
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By the Waters of Wei
- Grieving silently and ageing,
- Going secretly by Spring waters,
- By closed palaces along the river.
- New reeds, fresh willows, green for no one.
- 5Rainbow Banners passed hibiscus flowers,
- Once, between South Gardens shining faces,
- First Lady of the Han, Flying Swallow,
- Sitting by her Lord in his carriage.
- 10Maids of Honour with their bows and arrows
- Mounted on white horses with gold bridles,
- Glanced and shot their careless shafts together,
- Killing with a single gleam of laughter.
- 15Bright eyes. Clear smile. Where is She now?
- Spirits of the blood-defiled are homeless.
- Beyond the Wei’s east-running waters
- One entered silence, One was left behind.
- 20Pity’s tears remember vanished hours
- By waters and by flowers still the same.
- Now curfew, and the dust of Tartar horsemen.
- I’ll head north to reach the south again.
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