Zanzara Afghans Reg'd CKC

A GENTLE wind fans the calm night:
A bright moon shines on the high tower,
A voice whispers, but no one answers when I call:
A shadow stirs, but no one comes when I beckon.
The kitchen-man brings in a dish of lentils:
Wine is there, but I do not fill my cup.
Contentment with poverty is Fortune's best gift:
Riches and Honour are the handmaids of Disaster,
Though gold and gems by the world are sought and
prized,
To me they seem no more than weeds and chaff.

FU HSUAN  d. 278 AD, Translated by Arthur Waley.

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