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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 40 by HAN SHAN

First Line: AN OLD LADY WHO LIVES TO THE EAST
Last Line: FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE WEST
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; LAUGHTER; POVERTY; WEALTH; RICHES; FORTUNES;
An old lady who lives to the east
got rich a few years ago
before poorer than me
she now mocks my poverty
she laughs that I'm behind
I laugh that she's ahead
it seems we can't stop laughing
from the east and from the west



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