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Written at an Inn in Lin'an

Lin Sheng fl. 1190 Hills upon hills pavilions beyond pavilions The singing and danacing never stop at West Lake Revelers are so drunk on the warmth They mistake Hangzhou for Bianzhou

Tí Línān Dǐ

Lín Shēng fl. 1180 Shān wài qīng shān lóu wài lóu， Xīhú gēwǔ jǐshí xiū？ Nuǎn fēng xūn dé yóurén zuì， Zhí bǎ Hángzhōu zuò Biànzhōu.

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: From Poems of the Masters, one of the best books of general translations of Chinese poems into English. Detailed notes on each poem and all poems are displayed. Translated by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press.

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