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    Song Xiaoxian

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    Love

    what will they say
    if our love
    stays above the waist?
    Will their childish games
    ever produce a result?

    but if our love
    shifts below the waist
    they will say: They have never known
    that profound touching of souls.
    © Translation: 2005, Simon Patton

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    © 2005, Song Xiaoxian
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    Love

    what will they say
    if our love
    stays above the waist?
    Will their childish games
    ever produce a result?

    but if our love
    shifts below the waist
    they will say: They have never known
    that profound touching of souls.
    © 2005, Simon Patton

    Love

    what will they say
    if our love
    stays above the waist?
    Will their childish games
    ever produce a result?

    but if our love
    shifts below the waist
    they will say: They have never known
    that profound touching of souls.
    © 2005, Simon Patton
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