Remembering Peach Blossoms by Li Shang-yin

Settled, settled: I dwell on the shore of the world.
Longingly, longingly, I gaze toward the view.
The winter plum is most hateful,
For it always blossoms with last year’s flowers.

translated by James J.Y. Liu

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