For ten years I never left my books; I went up ... and won … - Bai Juyi

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For ten years I never left my books;
I went up ... and won unmerited praise.
My high place I do not much prize;
The joy of my parents will first make me proud.

Bai Juyi

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Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; Chinese: 白居易; 772–846) was a renowned Chinese poet.

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Alternative Names: Wen • Bai Ershier • Baiwengong • Po Chu-i • Letian • Xiangshan jushi • Zuiyin xiansheng • Bai fu • Bai Letian

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... by virtue of what right
Have I never once tended field or tree?
My government-pay is three hundred tons;
At the year's end I have still grain in hand.
Thinking of this, secretly I grew ashamed.

...That we wished to fly in heaven, two birds with the wings of one,
And to grow together on the earth, two branches of one tree.
Earth endures, heaven endures; some time both shall end,
While this unending sorrow goes on and on for ever.

在天願作比翼鳥在地願為連理枝天長地久有時盡此恨綿綿無絶期

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