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The Moon

Hanke 1610-1659 A bright moon brought me here, Along the way         it shone                  on autumn grasses. Now here         the new moon                 exposes desolation, Now here         the new moon                 finds me old and feeble.

Yuè

Shì Hánkě 1610-1659 Wǒ tóng míngyuè lái, Yīlù zhào qiūcǎo. Yuè dào shuò tíng huāng, Rén dào shuò tīng lǎo.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Before the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, Nanjing had been pillaged and raped many times before. This poem was written just after the Manchus decimated Nanjing in their march south to form the Qing Dynasty in the mid 1600's.

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