Li Bai: loose translations
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The California Condor flew high since the Pliocene over hundreds of miles but a hundred years of lead poisoning almost did them in. Confucius raised the winds that lifted our wings into the sky, but every year he’s gone we spend more of our time in the mud.
大鹏飞兮振八裔,中天摧兮力不济。 馀风激兮万世,游扶桑兮挂石袂。 后人得之传此,仲尼亡兮谁为出涕?