On Yellow Crane Tower Hearing a Flute by Li Pai

Suddenly an exile on the way to Changsha
looking back toward Ch’ang-an I don’t see a soul
from Yellow Crane Tower I hear a jade flute
plum blossoms fall in this city in June

translated by Red Pine

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