Chinese Blossoms










You ask me why in the green mountains I reside
I just smile, and answer not, my heart is at peace
Away on flowing streams, peach-blossoms gently ride
In this other-worldly place, all things are at ease

by Tang dynasty China's "Immortal Poet" Li Bai 詩仙 李白


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