In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height. In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.
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YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake.
Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Dazzling sky to the far cirrus clouds. I gaze at wild geese vanishing into the south. If we cannot reach the Long Wall we are not true men. On my fingers I count the twenty thousand li we have already marched. On the summit of Liupan the west wind lazily ripples our red banner. Today we have the long rope in our hands.
Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?
By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.
The child ever dwells in the mystery of ageless time, unobscured by the dust of history.
The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day.
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