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The Songs 101 When you come it does not always mean that you bring me a letter. I will be exactly like him. I will write no letter either. Now, fly back to that fickle creature! Song 30 The Passionate Geese The passionate geese fly in pairs to the south. o geese! Why do you fly so far away on the autumn wind? On river and lake the goose and gander have always their mate, but My lover has jilted me. He is now alone, a forlorn shadow living in distant parts. The wind is fierce; his garments are thin; I have no way of sending more to him; The winter garments I made for him lie now in my empty room. Every day I strain my eyes until the sun sets; and my sorrows multiply. I see nothing but a fence of drooping willows ending in the long dyke. I have seen a whip-like shadow of a man in the evening there. Many a time I thought it was my lover coming home to me - but I was wrong. Ah me! I begin to think ... That you have become besotted by the red-dust [i.e. the vanities] of this earthy world.84 Perhaps when the clouds are held back, and the winds are stilled, there will be a time for us to meet. Song 31 (Part 1) The Region of Mist and Flowers The region of mist and flowers [i.e. the houses of entertainment] - my heart rebels at the very thought of it.85 84 See Song 40, line 2. 85 See Songs 31 (Part 2); 35 (Part 2), line 2; 35 (Part 3), line 14. The Songs 101 When you come it does not always mean that you bring me a letter. I will be exactly like him. I will write no letter either. Now, fly back to that fickle creature! Song 30 The Passionate Geese The passionate geese fly in pairs to the south. o geese! Why do you fly so far away on the autumn wind? On river and lake the goose and gander have always their mate, but My lover has jilted me. He is now alone, a forlorn shadow living in distant parts. The wind is fierce; his garments are thin; I have no way of sending more to him; The winter garments I made for him lie now in my empty room. Every day I strain my eyes until the sun sets; and my sorrows multiply. I see nothing but a fence of drooping willows ending in the long dyke. I have seen a whip-like shadow of a man in the evening there. Many a time I thought it was my lover coming home to me - but I was wrong. Ah me! I begin to think ... That you have become besotted by the red-dust [i.e. the vanities] of this earthy world.84 Perhaps when the clouds are held back, and the winds are stilled, there will be a time for us to meet. Song 31 (Part 1) The Region of Mist and Flowers The region of mist and flowers [i.e. the houses of entertainment] - my heart rebels at the very thought of it.85 84 See Song 40, line 2. 85 See Songs 31 (Part 2); 35 (Part 2), line 2; 35 (Part 3), line 14. ...

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