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Morning Rain
by Tu Fu
Morning Rain
by Tu Fu
"A slight rain comes, bathed in dawn light.
I hear it among treetop leaves before mist arrives.
Soon it sprinkles the soil
and,windblown, follows clouds away.
Deepened colors grace thatch homes for a moment.
Flocks and herds of things wild
glisten faintly.
Then the scent of musk opens across
half a mountain -- and lingers on past noon."
Yes, the rain has come.
And I find myself inside of it.
Do you see?