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Yellow Crane Tower

Poems | Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung

YELLOW CRANE TOWER

--to the tune of Pu Sa Man

Spring 1927

Wide, wide flow the nine streams through the land,
Dark, dark threads the line from south to north.
Blurred in the thick haze of the misty rain
Tortoise and Snake hold the great river locked.

The yellow crane is gone, who knows whither?
Only this tower remains a haunt for visitors.
I pledge my wine to the surging torrent,
The tide of my heart swells with the waves.

Poems | Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung

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