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| looking at a waterfall |
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| napping under water reeds |
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| tea sipping under willows |
I FINALLY GET A POST
Oh good, I don’t have to be
police commissioner at Hexi!
it would have been backbreaking
supervising all those beatings
I’m an old man, I can’t
rush around, bustle, and strut
but the job they’ve given me now
at Palace Guard headquarters
won’t take too much time
it will pay for my wine
and allow me to go on
writing these crazy poems
so no more thoughts about retirement
back in the hills of home
I turn my back on that
and set my face to the wind.
(Du Fu translated by David Young)
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