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“I hug my pillow and do not speak a word; In my empty room no sound stirs. Who knows that, all day a-bed, I am not ill and am not even asleep? Turned to jade are the boy’s rosy cheeks; To his sick temples the frost of winter clings…. Do not wonder that my body sinks to decay; Though my limbs are old, my heart is older yet.” — Bai Juyi
I hug my pillow and do not speak a word;
In my empty room no sound stirs.
Who knows that, all day a-bed,
I am not ill and am not even asleep?
Turned to jade are the boy’s rosy cheeks;
To his sick temples the frost of winter clings….
Do not wonder that my body sinks to decay;
Though my limbs are old, my heart is older yet.