Literature
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Marble Stairs Grievance by Li Bai
On Marble Stairsstill grows the white dewThat has all nightsoaked her silk slippers, But she lets downher crystal blind nowAnd…
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Moon over Mountain Pass by Li Bai
A bright moon rising above Tian Shan Mountain,Lost in a vast ocean of clouds.The long wind, across thousands upon thousands…
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Mountain Drinking Song by Li Bai
To drown the ancient sorrows,we drank a hundred jugs of winethere in the beautiful night.We couldn’t go to bed with…
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Nefarious War by Li Bai
Last year we fought by the head-stream of the Sang-kan,This year we are fighting on the Tsung-ho road.We have washed…
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Old Poem by Li Bai
Did Chuang Chou dream he was the butterfly?Or the butterfly dream he was Chuang Chou?In the single body’s transformationsSee the…
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On A Picture Screen by Li Bai
Whence these twelve peaks of Wu-shan!Have they flown into the gorgeous screenFrom heaven’s one corner?Ah, those lonely pines murmuring in…
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On Climbing in Nan-king to the Terrace of Phoenixes by Li Bai
Phoenixes that play here once, so that the place was named for them,Have abandoned it now to this desolated river;The…
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On Dragon Hill by Li Bai
Drunk on Dragon Hill tonight,the banished immortal, Great White, turns among yellow flowers,his smile wide, as his hat sails away…
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On Kusu Terrace by Li Bai
The old gardens of Kusu Terraceare a wilderness, yet the willowsthat remain still put out new branches;lasses gathering water chestnutssing…
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Parting at a Wine-shop in Nan-king by Li Bai
A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop,And a girl from Wu, pouring wine, urges me to share it.With my comrades…
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