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Du Fu

Climbing Yueyang Tower

I heard long ago about Dongting Lake
Here I am climbing Yueyang Tower
Where Wu and Chu divide South from East
Where Heaven and Earth and day and night drift
Of family and friends I have no news
Old and sick I live on a boat
Warhorses block the northern passes
My tear fall on the railing

Translated by Red Pine (Bill Porter)
Poems of the Masters
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