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Bamboo Dwelling

By Wang Wei

Translated from Chinese by Jeffrey Yang

May 1, 2004

Published in Nine Poems from Ancient China

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Sitting alone within a hidden bamboo
grove plucking the qin repeating long
howls in a deep forest no one knows
bright moon illuminates the harmony

Sitting alone within a hidden bamboo
grove plucking the qin repeating long
howls in a deep forest no one knows
bright moon illuminates the harmony

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