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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BURIAL SONG: THE DEW ON THE GARLIC LEAF, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: How swiftly it dries
Last Line: Will never more return
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);funerals; Burials
First Line: How swiftly it dries
Last Line: Will never more return
Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);funerals; Burials
How swiftly it dries,
The dew on the garlic-leaf.
The dew that dries so fast
To-morrow will fall again.
But he whom we carry to the grave
Will never more return.
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