Bai Juyi (772 - 846)
Like a flower but it isn't;
Like mist but it isn't.
It comes in the middle of the night;
It goes at break of dawn.
Like a spring dream, it comes,
but never stays long;
Like morning clouds, it goes,
and can't be found once gone.
花非花
白居易 (772 - 846)
花非花，霧非霧。
夜半來，天明去。
來如春夢不多時，
去似朝雲無覓處。
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