The Jade Mountain/Both Sides of the Yellow River Recaptured by the Imperial Army
BOTH SIDES OF THE YELLOW RIVER
RECAPTURED BY THE IMPERIAL ARMY
RECAPTURED BY THE IMPERIAL ARMY
News at this far western station! The north has been recaptured!
At first I cannot check the tears from pouring on my coat—
Where is my wife? Where are my sons?
Yet crazily sure of finding them, I pack my books and poems—
And loud my song and deep my drink
On the green spring-day that starts me home,
Back from this mountain, past another mountain,
Up from the south, north again—to my own town!
At first I cannot check the tears from pouring on my coat—
Where is my wife? Where are my sons?
Yet crazily sure of finding them, I pack my books and poems—
And loud my song and deep my drink
On the green spring-day that starts me home,
Back from this mountain, past another mountain,
Up from the south, north again—to my own town!
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