by Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (464 - 549)
Translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969)

Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
Who says 
That it's by my desire, 
This separation, this living so far from you? 
My dress still smells of the perfume that you wore: 
My hand still holds the letter that you sent. 
Round my waist I wear a double sash: 
I dream that it binds us both with the same-heart knot. 
Did not you know that people hide their love, 
Like a flower that seems too precious to be picked?

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