遙看世間人遥看世间人
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遙遥看看世世間间人人
村村坊坊安安社社邑邑
一一家家有有死死生生
合合村村相相就就泣泣
張张口口哭哭他他尸尸
不不知知身身去去急急
本本是是長长眠眠鬼鬼
蹔𫏐來来地地上上立立
欲欲似似養养兒儿氈毡
回回乾干且且就就濕湿
前前死死深深埋埋卻却
後后死死續续即即入入
Translation
From afar, I see people in their village homes. When one family faces death and birth, the whole village gathers to weep. They open their mouths, wailing over a corpse, unaware how soon their own turn will come. We’re all just ghosts due for a long sleep, briefly standing on earth. They try to care for their children like spreading a blanket—turning it from dry to damp. One dies and is buried deep, the next dies and takes their place.
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