Bai Juyi, 'On Birds and Bugs'

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On Birds and Bugs

Mites fight bloody battles for nests on a mosquito’s eyelash;
Tiny kingdoms are at war over lands on a snail’s horn.
If we looked down across our own world from highest heaven,
We would see heroes fighting to the death for a speck of dust.

by Bai Juyi