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object:1.lb - Lament On an Autumn Night
author class:Li Bai
subject class:Poetry
book class:Li Bai - Poems
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Over Chang-an hangs a slash of moon; by its faint light,
women are pounding ten thousand washing mallets

While ceaselessly autumn winds hurl
my sodden heart to Jade Mountain Pass.

Oh, when will the bearded barbarians be beaten back
And our husbands returned home to us from far-off battles?



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Line 2 Note by Frank Watson: In ancient China, usually women wash the clothes by pounding them with mallets. They were washing the clothes for their husbands, who were gone at the battle fields. Usually, women pound clothes in the daytime so they can see better. During war time, when the males were all gone, women had more farm work to do in the daytime. So they could only wash clothes under the moon. This scene portrays housewives also had a tough time during the wars."



Line 4 Note: Jade Mountain Pass, where the fighting was taking place.
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