Chinese dance A Jasmine Flower based on a Chinese folk song
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Jasmine, oh so fair!
Jasmine, oh so fair!
Budding and blooming in summer
Here and there,
The value of its purity and fragrance
That universally declare.
Then Autumn comes
With a cold spell,
Flowers fall in the mud,
No one seems to care;
Rumours of its toxic nature
Widely spread.
It’s so unfair,
oh so unfair!
An insect under a jasmine flower – ink painting by the great Chinese painter Qi Baishi (1864 – 16 September 1957) |