No. 60 · Seven-character quatrain
离思
Thoughts on Separation
by Yuan Zhen 元稹 · 779 – 831
- Love
- Grief
- Memory
曾经沧海难为水Having once seen the ocean, other waters are hard to call water;
除却巫山不是云having known Mount Wu, no other cloud is cloud.
取次花丛懒回顾Passing through the flower beds, I do not bother to look back —
半缘修道半缘君half because of the Way, half because of you.
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