Spring Fades by Li Ch’ing-chao

Spring fades. Why should I suffer so much from homesickness?
I am ill. Combing my long hair exasperates me.
Under the roof beams the swallows chatter too much all day long.
A soft breeze fills the curtains with the perfume of roses.

translated by Kenneth Rexroth & Ling Chung

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