Liu Ch'u (156-187)

FROM THE MOST DISTANT TIME

Majestic, from the most distant time,
The sun rises and sets.
Time passes and men cannot stop it.
The four seasons serve them,
But do not belong to them.
The years flow like water.
Everything passes away before my eyes.

               (translated by Kenneth Rexroth)

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