CouldyouhopethatthedullriverXiangwouldunderstandyou, Thesedesolatewaters,thesetaciturnmountains, Whenyoucame,likeme,sofaraway? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Could you hope that the dull river Xiang would understand you,
These desolate waters, these taciturn mountains,
When you came, like me, so far away?
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七言律诗
刘长卿
自夏口至鹦洲夕望岳阳寄源中丞
汀洲无浪复无烟, 楚客相思益渺然。
汉口夕阳斜渡鸟, 洞庭秋水远连天。
孤城背岭寒吹角, 独戍临江夜泊船。
贾谊上书忧汉室, 长沙谪去古今怜。
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Seven-character-regular-verse
Liu Changqing
AN EVENING VIEW OF THE CITY OF YOUZHOU AFTER
COMING FROM HANKOU TO PARROT ISLAND A POEM SENT
TO MY FRIEND GOVERNOR YUAN
No ripples in the river, no mist on the islands,
Yet the landscape is blurred toward my friend in Chu....
Birds in the slanting sun cross Hankou,
And the autumn sky mingles with Lake Dongting.
...From a bleak mountain wall the cold tone of a bugle
Reminds me, moored by a ruined fort,
That Jia Yi\’s loyal plea to the House of Han
Banned him to Changsha, to be an exile.
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七言律诗
钱起
赠阙下裴舍人
二月黄鹂飞上林, 春城紫禁晓阴阴。
长乐钟声花外尽, 龙池柳色雨中深。
阳和不散穷途恨, 霄汉长怀捧日心。
献赋十年犹未遇, 羞将白发对华簪。
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Seven-character-regular-verse
Qian Qi
TO MY FRIEND AT THE CAPITAL SECRETARY PEI
Finches flash yellow through the Imperial Grove
Of the Forbidden City, pale with spring dawn;
Flowers muffle a bell in the Palace of Bliss
And rain has deepened the Dragon Lake willows;
But spring is no help to a man bewildered,
Who would be like a cloud upholding the Light of Heaven,
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