by Mei Cheng (d. c140 BCE)
Translation © by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969)
The Message
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
Crossing the river, I pluck hibiscus flow'rs . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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- by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969), "The Message", copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Mei Cheng (d. c140 BCE) [text unavailable]
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