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You have come from my home,
So you must know about things at home.
On the day you left—in front of my open-work window,
Had the winter plum opened into blossom yet?

君自故鄉來，應知故鄉事。
來日綺窗前，寒梅著花未？

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I will walk till the water checks my path,
Then sit and watch the rising clouds.

Empty hills, no one in sight,
only the sound of someone talking;
late sunlight enters the deep wood,
shining over the green moss again.

Red beans come from Southern country,
Few blossoms on vines when Spring comes.
For my sake please pick many of them,
They are the best symbol of true love.

All alone in a foreign land,
I am twice as homesick on this day
When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
Each of them a branch—and my branch missing.

Fighting single-handed for a thousand miles,
With his naked dagger he could hold a multitude.

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