The Jade Mountain/On Leaving the Tomb of Premier Fang
ON LEAVING THE TOMB OF PREMIER FANG
Having to travel back now from this far place,
I dismount beside your lonely tomb.
The ground where I stand is wet with my tears;
The sky is dark with broken clouds. . .
I who played chess with the great Premier
Am bringing to my lord the dagger he desired. . . .
But I find only petals falling down,
I hear only linnets answering.
I dismount beside your lonely tomb.
The ground where I stand is wet with my tears;
The sky is dark with broken clouds. . .
I who played chess with the great Premier
Am bringing to my lord the dagger he desired. . . .
But I find only petals falling down,
I hear only linnets answering.
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