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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poet's Biography
First Line: Sad, sad - lean with long illness
Last Line: Deep down still aches as of old!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness
First Line: Sad, sad - lean with long illness
Last Line: Deep down still aches as of old!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness
SAD, sad -- lean with long illness;
Monotonous, monotonous -- days and nights pass.
The summer trees have clad themselves in shade;
The autumn "lan" already houses the dew.
The eggs that lay in the nest when I took to bed
Have changed into little birds and flown away.
The worm that then lay hidden in its hole
Has hatched into a cricket sitting on the tree.
The Four Seasons go on for ever and ever:
In all Nature nothing stops to rest
Even for a moment. Only the sick man's heart
Deep down still aches as of old!
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