by Liu Yuxi (772 - 842)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)

The odalisque
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Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower,
  Bewailing the fate that forbids her to roam;
In the courtyard she counts up the buds on each flower,
  While a dragon-fly flutters and sits on her comb.

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