Losing A Slave Girl Poem by Bai Juyi

Losing A Slave Girl

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Around my garden the little wall is low;
In the bailiff's lodge the lists are seldom checked.
I am ashamed to think we were not always kind;
I regret your labours, that will never be repaid.
The caged bird owes no allegiance;
The wind-tossed flower does not cling to the tree.
Where tonight she lies none can give us news;
Nor any knows, save the bright watching moon.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M Asim Nehal 09 October 2020

Repentance of unkind deeds.

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 March 2020

I am ashamed to think we were not always kind; I regret your labours, that will never be repaid. The caged bird owes no allegiance; reflecting over injustices in this world. thank u dear poet. tony

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Bai Juyi

Bai Juyi

Taiyuan, Shanxi
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