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The Night of Sorrow

Li Bai 701-762 A lovely woman rolls up The delicate bamboo blind. She sits deep within, Twitching her moth eyebrows. Who may it be That grieves her heart? On her face one sees Only the wet traces of tears.

Yuàn Qíng

Lǐ Bái 701-762 Měirén juǎn zhū lián， Shēn zuò cù éméi. Dàn jiàn lèi hén shī， Bù zhī xīn hèn shuí.

Translator:

Shigeyoshi Obata 小畑薰良

Notes: From the book The Works of Li Po, first published in Tokyo, Japan in 1935, Excellent English translations by a Japanese scholar.

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