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· A Deep Vow
Slender pale hands strike up the ; the endearments never end. In the precious censer the heart-character incense coils; the red plum, breathed in, is rich with scent.
Soft wind comes flake by flake, and the flowered courtyard grows drowsy; the , half cross and half laughing, light as air. Wait till the fragrant dew is sipped, and the snow on the boughs melts into clear weather.
Glosses—
Heart-character: heart-character incense, incense laid out in the shape of the character for "heart";
Chēn xiào: on the point of laughing, on the point of taking offense.
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