A misty rain comes blowing with a wind from the east, <br />And wheels faintly thunder beyond Hibiscus Pool. <br />...Round the golden-toad lock, incense is creeping; <br />The jade tiger tells, on its cord, of water being drawn <br />A great lady once, from behind a screen, favoured a poor youth; <br />A fairy queen brought a bridal mat once for the ease of a prince and then vanished. <br />...Must human hearts blossom in spring, like all other flowers? <br />And of even this bright flame of love, shall there be only ashes?<br /><br />Li Shangyin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-one-unnamed-ii-2/
