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Scene from a Riverside Village

diào
bà
guī
lái
bù

chuán
,
,

Back from a fishing ship we didn’t bother to tie up the boat.

jiāng
cūn
yuè
luò
zhèng
kān
mián
.
.

The moon was down; it’s the best hour for dark cocoon-like sleep.

zòng
rán

yè
fēng
chuī
qù
,
,

Even if a fresh wind should be blowing the rest of the night,

zhī
zài
lú
huā
qiǎn
shuǐ
biān
.
.

We’d still be in shallow waters by the flowering reeds.

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