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Night on the Great River
by Meng Hao-jan
Steering my little boat towards a misty islet,
I watch the sun descend while my sorrows grow:
In the vast night the sky hangs lower than the treetops,
But in the blue lake the moon is coming close. (Translated by William Carlos Williams)
March 31st, 2010.
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