The Garden of the Golden Valley by Tu Mu

Stories of passions make sweet dust,
Calm water, grasses unconcerned.
At sunset, when birds cry in the wind,
Petals are falling like a girl’s robe long ago.

translated by Witter Bynner & Kiang Kang-hu

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