The Jade Mountain/On Leaving the Tomb of Premier Fang

by Du Fu

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 PremierAm bringing to my lord the dagger he desired. . . .But I find only petals falling down,I hear only linnets answering.

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