The Poem of Tao's Realisation - Tang dynasty, Buddhist nun, Wu Jin Zang

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終日尋春不見春，
终日寻春不见春，

zhōng rì xún chūn bú jiàn chūn,

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄣ,

All day long I looked in vain for spring.

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芒鞋踏破嶺頭雲。
芒鞋踏破岭头云。

máng xié tà pò lǐng tóu yún.

ㄇㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄩㄣˊ.

My straw shoes trod through all the mountains and clouds.

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歸來偶把梅花嗅，
归来偶把梅花嗅，

guī lái ǒu bǎ méi huā xiù,

ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄞˊ ㄡˇ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˋ,

Returning home, unexpectedly I smelled the plum blossoms.

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春在枝頭已十分
春在枝头已十分

chūn zài zhī tóu yǐ shí fēn

ㄔㄨㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄈㄣ

The spring was already here in its fullness on the sprig.

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