Thursday, August 9, 2012

Resignation Comments

Rating: 3.0

Don't think of the past;
It only awakens painful regrets.
Don't think of the future;
It paralyzes with uncertain longings.
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Bai Juyi
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Susan Williams 16 January 2016

Wow! This poem has a much different tone from the others he has wriitten. I love his other poems but, yes, this one enchants me too with its slightly ominous bitter tone and the advice he does not want us to take.

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Bai Juyi

Taiyuan, Shanxi
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