by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969)

Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
Ah! In the eastern quarter dawn breaks
Ah!  The stars flincker pale
The morning cock at Junan
Ah! Mounts the wall and crows.

The songs are over the  clock run down
but still the feast is set
The moon grows dim and the stars are few;
Ah! morning has come to the  world.

Ah!

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