SONG OF THE SNAPPED WILLOW

WRITTEN DURING THE LIANG DYNASTY

When he mounted his horse, he did not take his leather riding-whip;He pulled down and snapped off the branch of a willow-tree.When he dismounted, he blew into his horizontal flute,And it was as though the fierce grief of his departure would destroy the traveller.

When he mounted his horse, he did not take his leather riding-whip;He pulled down and snapped off the branch of a willow-tree.When he dismounted, he blew into his horizontal flute,And it was as though the fierce grief of his departure would destroy the traveller.

When he mounted his horse, he did not take his leather riding-whip;He pulled down and snapped off the branch of a willow-tree.When he dismounted, he blew into his horizontal flute,And it was as though the fierce grief of his departure would destroy the traveller.

When he mounted his horse, he did not take his leather riding-whip;

He pulled down and snapped off the branch of a willow-tree.

When he dismounted, he blew into his horizontal flute,

And it was as though the fierce grief of his departure would destroy the traveller.


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