Poem By Su Xiaoxiao
This poem is variously known as "Song of the West Tomb", "Song of Xiling Lake", "Song of Su Xiaoxiao" (in a collection of Music Bureau poems) and "Song of the Same Heartbeat". It became very well known and inspired many future poets including those named above. In the original text, the poem is a quatrain composed of four lines of five words each.
妾乘油壁车， 郎跨青骢马， 何处结同心， 西陵松柏下。
- I ride in a decorated carriage,
- My darling rides a blue-white horse.
- Where should we tie the knot for our heart?
- Under the Xiling pine and cypress.
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