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Magpies made a fuss when leaves were falling.+ n3 R D; y P5 f4 Q& c
9 I. K$ j- f/ w) R0 ^% k5 _& CYou didn't foresee this, fortune tellers? & r( e$ P% G/ Z! G6 j$ G# t$ k( k% y/ h
Still your cawing made the desert field quieter,/ z; c& H- M1 ]2 B0 {
- y7 u; g; {7 t2 ? y' T4 v+ pwhile the tall mountain looked on silently., z/ ~* ]' W* ?6 D, g% u2 B
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At season's turning, my soul lives " D$ ~/ [! c0 a0 B$ U3 x! G$ S9 E( W; L1 {
inside the tree of life that had @$ O( j. o" G0 P $ i$ s7 A S" ~7 `its lush moments and its dull moments. % f' n3 V1 k2 u8 ]8 b% `$ A4 Y- p8 w* A- ^7 l5 L
Together we strode across that lifeless bridge.9 y/ \- S- x, ] D o8 C
' \3 r4 N/ s# K8 u ! C% U+ {1 r, E3 u" o, X! u % u3 }# S9 W C% w% o$ j+ mNearby a bell is ringing "dong, dong, dong…"- G; y6 e- A9 Q& b
$ b% y3 q8 E: q* eas if saying "frozen, frozen, frozen…" in Chinese. % g& N& ~. \8 U7 s L1 P% K, Z6 E& `7 G* k2 F
In the far away sky, geese are forming 5 s& c: Y% B% B& V U+ G D$ l" Q6 Jthe letter 'humanity' in Chinese. 8 C. z( | ~) X0 k/ r2 `, _ ^0 I, w. b
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I look for the swallows living under my eaves," m2 f" \) n, P. q; n/ t3 N
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but they are all gone. Maybe they have found ; F! ]& k/ r* F% `3 b7 u7 J4 {( X- U* J7 r4 d( T
another house to build nests and live with5 t- N1 ^8 |/ a, D( a D2 w
" p4 r6 ^5 E# L. E& bpeople who don't speak a foreign language.7 i. W6 i4 l+ J
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