ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY
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ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY
THINKing OF MY BROTHERS IN SHANDONG
---Wang Wei
All alone in a foreign land,
I am twice as homesick on this day
When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
Each of them a branch-and my branch missing.
独在异乡为异客,
每逢佳节倍思亲。
遥知兄弟登高处,
遍插茱萸少一人。