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"When autumn moon enters my room
and crickets chirp on the couch,
a long sigh and salty tears
in vain make me recall the past."
( by Hô Nansôrhôn)

"Better to die
and become a butterfly.
Stop at each flower,
rest upon each branch,
with scented wings,
and light upon his cloak.
He may not remember me:
yet I will follow him."
(by Chông Kûgin)

"Do not boast of your speed, O blue-green stream running by the hills:
Once you have reached the wide ocean, you can return no more.
Why not stay here and rest, when moonlight fills the empty hills?"
(by Hwang Chini)

"You drink wind to empty yourself,
Imbibe dewdrops to cleanse.
Why do you get up at autumn dawn
And keep crying so mournfully?"
(by Yi Illo)

"Were the pearls to fall on the rock,
Would the thread be broken?
If I parted from you for a thousand years,
Would my heart be changed?"
(Anonymous)