Autumn Chant
Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong 597-649)
Chrysanthemums scattering in a rising autumn wind,
Lotus blooms, rarer now, jade dewdrop-pearled.
Heralding the autumn, lines of wild geese flying;
Departed is the summer, in the trees only a few cicadas.
Cloud-mists freeze, glooming half the hills;
Crimson clouds ravel, lacing the high heavens;
As if from Chengdu my eyes look up
And there before me stands Omei.
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