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Old Poem

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Old Poem
written by Li Bai
translated by A. S. Kline
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Old Poem



Did Chuang Chou dream he was the butterfly?
Or the butterfly dream he was Chuang Chou?
In the single body’s transformations
See the vortex of the Myriad Creatures.
5No mystery then that the Magic Seas
Shrank again to crystal streams,
Or down by Ch’ang-an’s Green Gate
The gardener was Marquis of Tung-Ling.
10If this is the fate of fame and power,
What is it for— this endless striving?


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