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    I take a bottle of wine
    and I go to drink it among the flowers.
    We are always three - counting my shadow and my friend, the shimmering moon.
    Happily, the moon knows nothing of drinking, 
    and my shadow is never thirsty.
    When I sing, the moon listens to me in silence, 
    when I dance, my shadow dances too. 
    After all festivities, the guests must depart; 
    This sadness I do not know. 
    When I go home, the moon goes with me 
    and my shadow follows me.

    Li Po, The Little Fête
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