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[translated-chinese-poetry-blog]

“Orange Jasmine”

By Bian Zhi Lin 卞之琳, 1935 (est.)

A small brook rushes toward the sea

But a wave years to return to the soil

In front of a hedge of green trees and white flowers

Once so easily bid farewell

And after the vicissitudes of many uears

Our souls return but every night

A light wind whisks away time gone past

Then turns to a bountiful garden of sweet fragrance