Khaqani خاقانی
later 12th century · Shirvan, Caucasus · Before the ruins of Ctesiphon, once the capital of the Sasanian empire
Look, heart that would learn its lesson: open your eyes and look. Take the palace of Madain as a mirror of warning.
هان ای دل عبرت بین از دیده نظر کن هان
ایوان مدائن را آیینهٔ عبرت دان"The Palace of Madain"
In the same thread
Chiri Yukie 知里幸恵
March 1, 1922 · Ainu
The many words our dear ancestors used to understand one another, day in and day out as they rose and lay down, the many beautiful sayings worn smooth with use and handed down: will all of these, too, vanish for nothing, along with the weak who are dying out? Oh, that would be too painful, too much to lose.
愛する私たちの先祖が起伏す日頃互いに意を通ずる為に用いた多くの言語，言い古し，残し伝えた多くの美しい言葉，それらのものもみんな果敢なく，亡びゆく弱きものと共に消失せてしまうのでしょうか．おおそれはあまりにいたましい名残惜しい事で御座います．Ainu shin'yoshu (Collection of Ainu Songs of the Gods), preface
Li Yu 李煜
978 · Southern Tang China · This song is said to have angered Emperor Taizong of Song, who had him poisoned
I ask you: how much sorrow can one man have? As much as a river of spring water flowing east.
問君能有幾多愁？恰似一江春水向東流。To the tune "The Beautiful Lady Yu"
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