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Classic poem of the day

Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings.

member poem of the day

River Snow

 
Liu Zongyuan (773 – 819)
 
 
A thousand mountains, skies bereft of birds,
Ten thousand paths, untread since long ago;
One boat—an old man in a bamboo hat
Alone and fishing in the river snow.
 
 

ChinesePronunciation
  
江雪Jiāng Xuě
柳宗元Liǔ Zōngyuán
  
千山鳥飛絕Qiān shān niǎo fēi jué
萬徑人蹤滅Wàn jìng rén zōn
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