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飞云冉冉蘅皋暮，

彩笔新题断肠句。

若问闲情都几许？

一川烟草，

满城风絮，

梅子黄时雨！

Green Jade Cup

He Zhu

Never again will she tread on the lakeside lane.

I follow with my eyes

The fragrant dusts that rise.

With whom is she now spending her delightful hours,

Playing on zither string,

On a crescent-shaped bridge, in a yard full of flowers,

Or in a vermeil bower only known to spring?

At dusk the floating cloud leaves the grass-fragrant plain;

With blooming brush I write heart-broken verse again.

If you ask me how deep and wide I am lovesick,

Just see a misty plain where grass grows thick,

A townful of willow down wafting on the breeze,

Or drizzling rain yellowing all mume-trees!