Luo Yin 羅隱
poet · Tang China · 833–910
A poet of the late Tang who failed the examinations more than ten times. He was famous for his sharp satire.
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later 9th century
When I win I sing aloud; when I lose I let it go. So much sorrow, so much regret, and I take it easy still. If there is wine this morning, this morning I get drunk. If trouble comes tomorrow, tomorrow I shall trouble.
得即高歌失即休，多愁多恨亦悠悠。
今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁來明日愁。"Consoling Myself," in the Complete Tang Poems
later 9th century
When it has gathered from a hundred flowers and made the honey, for whom was all the toil, for whom the sweetness?
採得百花成蜜後，爲誰辛苦爲誰甜。"Bees," in the Complete Tang Poems
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