O floating clouds that swim in heaven
above
Bear on your wings these words to him
I love…..
Alas, you float along nor heed my pain,
And leave me here to love and long in
vain!
I see other dear ones to their homes
return,
And for his coming shall not I too yearn?
Since my lord left – ah me, unhappy
day! –
My mirror’s dust has not been brushed
away;
My heart, like running water, knows no
peace,
But bleeds and bleeds forever without
cease.
Hsu Kan, 2nd and 3rd cent. A. D.