الشوق / Longing
相思 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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الشوق / Longing
The red beans grow in the southern land;
In spring, how many branches bloom?
Would that you gather them in plenty—
This thing most stirs longing thoughts.
相思
紅豆生南國，春一作「秋」來發幾一作「故」枝。
願一作「贈」君多采擷〈一作「勸君休采擷」〉，此物最相思。