Gao Qi - Poems

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Farm House

Gao Qi ( Ming Dynasty )

I heard Sound of spinning wheel

Mingled with sound of flowing water

Sight of wooden bridge,

flowerless trees in hazy spring

Where from the aroma the breeze brought so close ?

Ah, next neighbor is baking afternoon tea !

Translated by Martin Tai (1998)

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Name Gao, Qi
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Date of birth 1336
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Date of death 1374
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