Growing older, I love only quietness: who need be concerned with the things of this world? Looking back, what better plan than this: returning to the grove.
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Li Bai
The birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.
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Li Bai
My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.
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Du Fu
A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky. Two gulls drift slowly up the river.Vulnerable while they ride the wind, they coast and glide with ease.Dew is heavy on the grass below, the spider's web is ready.Heaven's ways include the human:among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone.
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Du Fu
The bitter pinecone may be eaten, The mist on high give nourishment. The whole world takes to go-and-getting; My way alone is difficult.
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Du Fu
Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all the poor scholars and make them beam with smiles
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Du Fu
I see shining fish struggling within tight nets, while I hear orioles singing carefree tunes. Even trivial creatures know the difference between freedom and bondage. Sympathy and compassion should be but natural to the human heart.
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Du Fu
Please subdue the anguish of your soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.
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Kalidasa
Deep within this valley
The light of spring
Comes late, so
‘Tis buried ‘neath the snow:
The bush-warbler’s song.
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Sugawara no Michizane