“I remember, when I was young,
How easily my mood changed from sad to gay.
… But now that age comes,
A moment of joy is harder and harder to get.”

—  Bai Juyi

"The Chrysanthemums in the Eastern Garden" (A.D. 812)
Arthur Waley's translations

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