Tz'u No. 12 by Li Ching Chao
To the tune of "Happy Event Is Nigh"
The wind ceases; fallen flowers pile high. Outside my screen, petals collect in heaps of red and snow-white.
This reminds me that after the blooming of the cherry-apple tree It is time to lament the dying spring.
Singing and drinking have come to an end; jade cups are empty; Lamps are flickering.
Hardly able to bear the sorrows and regrets of my dreams, I hear the mournful cry of the cuckoo.
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