vast, vast sadness
boundless, boundless loss
the song has ended
the moon has been snatched away
in the midst of mournful city
there is a patriot's blood
patriotism is sometimes exhausted
blood sometimes runs dry
but the thread of your fragrant spirit has not been snapped
is it not so?
you have become a butterfly
I am a big big fan of Louis Cha's works. Herewith a poem appears in his work The Book and The Sword, Indonesian version of this wuxia literature is "Puteri Harum dan Kaisar". A really sad story about the romance between Jen Jialuo (Hokkien dialect: Tan Keh Lok) and Kasili (Xiāngfēi), the fragrant princess, the concubine of Ching's Chinese Emperor Qian Long. Kasili was a Muslim from Huei tribe.
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