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WINTER NIGHT by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG

First Line: MY BED IS SO EMPTY THAT I KEEP ON WAKING UP
Last Line: OH THAT THOSE WERE WAVES WHICH COULD CARRY ME BACK TO YOU!
Subject(s): CHINA - MIDDLE AGES (600 B.C.- 618 A.D.); LONGING; WINTER;
MY bed is so empty that I keep on waking up:
As the cold increases, the night-wind begins to blow.
It rustles the curtains, making a noise like the sea:
Oh that those were waves which could carry me back to you!



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