by Wei Ying-Wu (736? - 830?)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Night
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
The light, where does it go?
The darkness, whence does it come?
Only do I know that of my ageing year by year
One half herein is sped.

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