Nalan Xingde

thumb|Nalan Xingde Nalan Xingde (January 19, 1655 – July 1, 1685) was a Qing dynasty Manchu poet. Quotes The fire in my heart is turned to ashes.I feel like a monk;Only my head is still unshaven.O poor heart!How wind and rain have worn you out!How the partings from friends, dead and alive,Have torn you to pieces!This orphan-like candlestickAppears like an old friend to me.There remains one thing aloneThat keeps me from a complete Awakening:—Love still smoulders in the ashes of my heart! "Nocturnal Thoughts in a Temple" (trans. Teresa Li), as quoted in Chinese Literature: A Historical Introduction (1961) by Ch'en Shou-Yi, p. 553 External links Category:1655 births Category:1685 deaths Category:Poets from China Category:People from Beijing