"Who sits alone by the bright window? My shadow and I, only we two. But the lamp burns out, there is darkness. Even my shadow forsakes me. Alas, alas! I am forlorn!"
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"To the Tune of ‘Like a Dream’", in The White Pony: An Anthology Of Chinese Poetry (G. Allen & Unwin, 1949), ed. Robert Payne, p. 300
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Li Qingzhao
Li Qingzhao (李清照; 1084 – c. 1156) was a Chinese writer and poet in the Song dynasty. She is considered one of the greatest woman poets in Chinese history.
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