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Born in 1610 / Died in 1680 / China / Chinese

Poems by Li Yu

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The Wind Returns; My Little Courtyard is Green and Overgrown

... Bright candles and a faint fragrance are deep in the painted hall, ...

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In Prison

... When the court musicians were playing a song of farewell ...

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The Past

... Must now be aimlessly falling across the moats ...

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My Idle Dreams Roam Far

... For a thousand li over rivers and hills cold colours stretch far, ...

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Last Night the Wind and Rain Together Blew

... I should more often go drunken through the country, ...

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Angler

... Upon these thousand acres of waves there is freedom ...

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How Many Tears

... Nor play the flute when it will bring your tears, ...

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New Year

... In the bright candlelight and the faint scent, ...

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Birthday

... As much as an eastward-flowing river filled with ...