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· Spirit Marriage
The shaman jangles the bronze bells; in the cool night a gold lamp sways. The way home is known; the wind lifts the , the colored ribbons light as air.
Waiting for the flying soul to come robed in stars and moon, time falls silent among the clustered red of maples. Longing at its utmost blurs the eyes; our roads divide, yet I would go with you, borrowing a path through the dark realm.
Glosses—
Gold lamp: a lamp made of metal. The Han-attributed Record of Fathoming the Dark by Guo Xian: "There is a bright-stemmed grass that at night is like a gold lamp; break off a branch for a torch and it shows you the shapes of ghosts."
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