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People Hide Their Love
By: Wu-ti [Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty]
Who says That it’s by my desire,
This separation, this living so far from you?
My dress still smells of the lavender you gave me: My hand still holds the letter you sent.
Round my waist I wear a double sash: I dream that it binds us both with the same-heart knot.
Did not you know that people hide their love,
Like the flower that seems too precious to be picked?

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