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Tao Qian memorial in his home town by southwest tip of Lushan. Jiangxi Province.
Singing Of Poor Scholars
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Tao Yuanming (Tao Qian) 365-427
Everyone has a home,
Only the solitary cloud has none.
Drifting into dark emptiness...
extinguished...
Is there even a trace left?
Morning clouds disperse night-time fog,
Flocks of birds rise in flight.
Leisurely depart on the wing,
Not returning til nightfall.
Know yourself, guard the old ways,
Who doesn't know cold and hunger?
Intimare friends, if not here,
What the hell! Why grumble!�
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Yǒng Pínshì Qīshōu
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Táo Yuānmín (Táo Qiān) 365-427
Wàn zú gè yǒu tuō,
Gū yún dú wú yī.
Àiài kōng zhōng miè,
Héshí jiàn yú huī?
Zhāoxiá kāi sù wù,
Zhòng niǎo xiāngyǔ fēi.
Chíchí chū lín hé,
Wèi xī fùlái guī.
Liàng lì shǒu gùzhé,
Qǐbù hán yǔ jī?
Zhīyīn gǒu bù cún,
Yǐyǐ hé suǒ bēi!
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