| The following poem was written by Miu Hsi, and is
found in Han Burial Songs. It is a poem about
death from the perspective of the dead. |
"Bearer's
Song"
When
I was alive, I wandered in the streets of the Capital;
Now
that I am dead, I am left to lie in the fields.
In
the morning I drove out from the High Hall;
In
the evening I lodged beneath the yellow springs.
When
the white sun had sunk in the Western Chasm
I
hung up my chariot and rested my four horses.
Now,
even the Maker of All
Could
not bring the life back to my limbs.
Shape
and substance day by day will vanish.
Hair
and teeth will gradually fall away.
Always
from the days of old men has it been this way
And
none born can escape this thing.
