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Time hard year famine life land empty Brothers live abroad each east west Fields gardens few fall shield spear after Bone flesh flow apart road road on Hang shadow separate like 10,000 li goose Leave root apart rise 9 autumn dishevelled Together look bright moon should fall tear One night home heart 5 place alike |
The times are hard: a year of famine has emptied the fields, My brothers live abroad- scattered west and east. Now fields and gardens are scarcely seen after the fighting, Family members wander, scattered on the road. Attached to shadows, like geese ten thousand li apart, Or roots uplifted into September's autumn air. We look together at the bright moon, and then the tears should fall, This night, our wish for home can make five places one. |