from Random Feelings: 1 by Du Fu

My sorrow is perfectly visible
to spring, that painted hussy

but she visits my river pavilion
as if it meant nothing at all

encourages the flowers
to open shamelessly

then persuades the orioles
to sing themselves into a frenzy.

translated by David Young

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