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You ask me why do I dwell in these green mountains,
But I smile without a reply, only an easy mind.
The river flows away silently, bearing the fallen peach blossoms,
Here is another world, but not the world of men.

問余何意棲碧山，笑而不答心自閒。
桃花流水窅然去，別有天地非人間。

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Only the mountain and I.

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