Midnight Song of the Seasons: Winter Song
Now if you want a friend who'll understand,
Observe the pine and cypress forests here
And how, through frost and blizzard, still they stand,
Unflinching in the coldness of the year.
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by Lady Midnight (circa 400 fl.)
Southern Dynasties yuefu
from Midnight Songs, 4th century
Englished by George J. Dance, 2018
"Winter Song" Englished by George J. Dance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International license.]
Wish to make good friend
Just look pine cypress forest
In frost not fall ground
Year cold without disloyalty
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