The Song of A-na by Zhu Shuzhen

Returning from dream, sobering up, I fear spring sorrow.
Smoke dies in the duck-shaped incense burner, but the fragrance lingers.
My thin quilt can’t stop the dawn chill.
Cuckoos sing and sing till from the west tower the moon drops.

translated by Tony Barnstone & Chou Ping

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