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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 45 by HAN SHAN

First Line: IF YOU WERE TOO DUMB THE LIFE BEFORE
Last Line: BUT ONE DAY YOU'LL CROSS THE VAST DIVIDE
Subject(s): CHANGE; CHINESE LITERATURE; REINCARNATION; TRANSMIGRATION; PRETAS;
If you were too dumb the life before
you won't be enlightened today
and if today you're poor
it's due to your previous lives
and if you don't reform this life
your next life will be the same
on either shore there's no ferry
but one day you'll cross the vast divide



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