Nocturnal Reflections While Travelling

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Nocturnal Reflections While Travelling by Du Fu

Gently grass soft wind shore Tall mast alone night boat Stars fall flat fields broad Moon rises great river flows Name not literary works mark Official should old sick stop Flutter flutter what place seem Heaven earth one sand gull
Gentle breeze on grass by the shore, The boat's tall mast alone at night. Stars fall to the broad flat fields, Moon rises from the great river's flow. Have my writings not made any mark? An official should stop when old and sick. Fluttering from place to place I resemble, A gull between heaven and earth.

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