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A Song of the Pursuit of Love

Liu Sanjie

 

I’m in love, and why not?

Why not strike while the iron is hot?

Lo, one can only see flowers blown down by th’ breeze,

Whoe’er has seen th’ fallen flowers brought up to th’ trees?These two lines constitute a case of analogy, meaning “Lost time and opportunities cannot be regained.”