Lamenting Widow
A woman wails, boo hoo, mourning her man
Shut up, shame on you, don't cry to the hills!
O little sister, I should have warned you
Don't eat the meat, if it makes you cough blood!
Translated by Translated from the classical Chinese and Nôm by Marilyn Chin
From Volume 192, Number 1, April 2008
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