I hug my pillow and do not speak a word;In my empty room no sound stirs.Who knows that, all day a-bed,I am not ill and am not even asleep?Turned to jade are the boy’s rosy cheeks;To his sick temples the frost of winter clings….Do not wonder that my body sinks to decay;Though my limbs are old, my heart is older yet.
-Bai Juyi
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