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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 138, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: A man lives less than a hundred years
Last Line: He still won't stop till they hit bottom
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: A man lives less than a hundred years
Last Line: He still won't stop till they hit bottom
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
A man lives less than a hundred years
but harbors cares for a thousand
assuming his own health is good
he worries about his heirs
down he looks at his rice sprouts
and up at his mulberry trees
the day his scales drop into the sea
he still won't stop till they hit bottom
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