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Partridge Sky: Drunk, I Pat My Spring Robe, Cherishing the Old Scent
醉拍春衫惜旧香。
天将离恨恼疏狂。
年年陌上生秋草，
日日楼中到夕阳。
Drunk, I pat my spring coat, prizing its old fragrance; Heaven sends the grief of parting to vex this reckless one. Year after year autumn grass grows on the roadways; day after day in the tower I watch until the setting sun.
云渺渺，
水茫茫。
征人归路许多长。
相思本是无凭语，
莫向花笺费泪行。
Clouds dim and far, waters vast and dim — the road home for the traveler, how long it is. Longing by its nature is a word with nothing to rest on; do not waste tears in lines upon the flowered paper.
Reading notes
行 in 泪行 is read háng and refers to rows or trails of tears. 花笺 is decorated writing paper; the closing lines question the assurances of love written on it.