Tz'u No. 6 (Waiting For You)

Li Ching ChaoLi Ching Chao

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To the tune of "Red Lips"Lonely in my secluded chamber,
A thousand sorrows fill every inch
of my sensitive being.Regretting that spring has so soon passed,
That rain drops have hastened the falling followers,
I lean over the balustrade,
Weary and depressed.Where is my beloved?Only the fading grassland
stretches endlessly toward the horizon;
Anxiously I watch the road for your return.
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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