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Flowers Flourish and Flowers Are to Fade
—adapted from Li Qingzhao
Flowers flourish and flowers are to fade—
Flowers have nothing at all to regret.
For such is the stream of life they shall wade—
As water ever thus to flow is let.
Flowers are to fade to flourish anew—
Flowers fly in air I see as winds blow.
I cry and shed my tears for their sorrows,
As flowers dance and petals fall like rains.
My heart aches and breaks for their tearful woes,
As they make mourning moans as if in pains.
Flowers flourish, but wherefore do they fade?—
Flowers fade, for that’s the way they are made!
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发表于 2021-5-29 10:22:54
