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· Waiting
The bed will not have me; I light the sky lamp. Grass and trees whisper — don't listen too closely. Together we drink the jade nectar and go in search of dreams; at the tottering wall, all I fear is leaning there alone.
Glossary—
Qióngjiāng: fine wine;
Dian tiandeng [diǎn tiān dēng] ('lighting the sky lamp'): an old Han Chinese festival custom of hanging a lamp from a long pole and keeping it burning from dusk until dawn; it is called a 'sky lamp';
Lingping [líng pīng]: solitary, alone.
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