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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 34 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WHERE WHITE CLOUDS FORM HIGH RUGGED CRAGS
Last Line: HOW ELSE COULD THEY PIERCE MY WALLS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; FISH & FISHING; GRIEF; SINGING & SINGERS; ANGLERS; SORROW; SADNESS; SONGS;

Where white clouds form high rugged crags
and green water rolling dark waves
I hear a fisherman singing
over and over the song of his oars
verse after verse I try not to listen
it stirs up too much sorrow
who says sparrows don't have horns
how else could they pierce my walls



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