AndnowcomesthedayoftheChineseworldunited, Andtheoldfortsfillwithruinandwithautumnreeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
And now comes the day of the Chinese world united,
And the old forts fill with ruin and with autumn reeds.
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七言律诗
元稹
遣悲怀之一
谢公最小偏怜女, 自嫁黔娄百事乖。
顾我无衣搜荩箧, 泥他沽酒拔金钗。
野蔬充膳甘长藿, 落叶添薪仰古槐。
今日俸钱过十万, 与君营奠复营斋。
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Seven-character-regular-verse
Yuan Zhen
AN ELEGY I
O youngest, best-loved daughter of Xie,
Who unluckily married this penniless scholar,
You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket,
And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold, to buy wine with;
For dinner we had to pick wild herbs --
And to use dry locust-leaves for our kindling.
...Today they are paying me a hundred thousand --
And all that I can bring to you is a temple sacrifice.
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七言律诗
元稹
遣悲怀之二
昔日戏言身后事, 今朝都到眼前来。
衣裳已施行看尽, 针线犹存未忍开。
尚想旧情怜婢仆, 也曾因梦送钱财。
诚知此恨人人有, 贫贱夫妻百事哀。
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Seven-character-regular-verse
Yuan Zhen
AN ElEGY II
We joked, long ago, about one of us dying,
But suddenly, before my eyes, you are gone.
Almost all your clothes have been given away;
Your needlework is sealed, I dare not look at it....
I continue your bounty to our men and our maids --
Sometimes, in a dream, I bring you gifts.
...This is a sorrow that all mankind must know --
But not as those know it who have been poor together.
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