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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 30 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WISE ONES YOU IGNORE ME
Last Line: AND SIT UP STRAIGHT WITH ALL THIS HAIR
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; IGNORANCE; SOLITUDE; DULLNESS; STUPDITY; LONELINESS;

Wise ones you ignore me
I ignore you fools
neither wise nor foolish
I'll disappear henceforth
at night I'll sing to the moon
at dawn I'll dance with the clouds
how can I still my mouth and hands
and sit up straight with all this hair



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