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Tune: The South Recalled

lán
jìn
luò
,
,
píng
shàng
àn
hóng
jiāo
.
.

Candle-wick burned, Red cannas painted on the screen dark turned.

xián
mèng
jiāng
nán
méi
shóu


I dreamed of plum-fruit ripping on the Southern Shore,

yè
chuán
chuī

yǔ
xiāo
xiāo
,
,

Of flute-songs played adrift one rainy night of yore,

rén
yǔ

驿
biān
qiáo
.
.

Of whispers lost in running stream below the bridge beside the post.

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