Tz'u No. 4

Li Ching ChaoLi Ching Chao

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To the tune of "Like a Dream"Last night a sprinkling of rain,
a violent wind.After a deep sleep, still not recovered
from the lingering effect of wine,
I inquired of the one rolling up the screen;
But the answer came: "The cherry-apple blossoms
are still the same.""Oh, don't you know, don't you know?
The red must be getting thin,
while the green is becoming plump."
Li Ching Chao
About the poet

Li Ching Chao

1084 - 1151/ChinaLi Ch'ing Chao was born into a literary family and became an antiquarian, book collector, and calligrapher. Of her six original volumes of lyrics, only about 50 lyrics remain. In Stephen Owen's chapter, "The Snares of Memory," it concentrates…

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