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Like a Dream: Last Night the Rain Was Sparse, the Wind Sudden

Li Qingzhao · Song dynasty

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昨zuó夜yè雨yǔ疏shū风fēng骤zhòu,
浓nóng睡shuì不bù消xiāo残cán酒jiǔ。
试shì问wèn卷juǎn帘lián人rén,
却què道dào海hǎi棠táng依yī旧jiù。
知zhī否fǒu,
知zhī否fǒu?
应yīng是shì绿lǜ肥féi红hóng瘦shòu。

Last night the rain was sparse, the wind sudden; a heavy sleep could not dispel the lingering wine. I try asking the maid who rolls up the blind, but she answers that the crabapple is as before. Do you not know, do you not know? The green should be lush now, and the red thin.