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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 37 by HAN SHAN

First Line: PEOPLE SAY CARES NEVER DEPART
Last Line: IS SOMEONE PLAGUED BY OLD CARES
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

People say cares never depart
a saying I thought was untrue
but yesterday what I drove off
entangles me today once more
the months depart but cares remain
and a new year means new cares
who would guess beneath the big hat
is someone plagued by old cares



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