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Endless Longing: Range Upon Range of Hills
一重山，
两重山。
山远天高烟水寒，
相思枫叶丹。
One fold of hills, two folds of hills. The hills are far, the sky is high, the misty water cold; the maple leaves of my longing are red.
菊花开，
菊花残。
塞雁高飞人未还，
一帘风月闲。
The chrysanthemums open, the chrysanthemums fade. The frontier geese fly high, and he has not returned; a screen of wind and moon, left idle.
Reading notes
Usually attributed to Li Yu, this lyric is also ascribed to Deng Su in a version noted in Nan Tang Er Zhu Ci. This page retains Li Yu’s attribution and records the alternative. 塞 in 塞雁 is read sài.