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Ts'ên Ts'an

岑　參


ON MEETING A MESSENGER TO THE CAPITAL
It's a long way home, a long way east.I am old and my sleeve is wet with tears.We meet on horseback. I have no means of writing.Tell them three words: "He is safe."

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