Anddriventhefeverishheataway Fromwheremyeminentguestsaregathered. ...AshamedthoughIamofmyhighposition Whilepeopleleadunhappylives, Letusreasonablybanishcare Andjustbefriends,enjoyingnature. Thoughweh
And driven the feverish heat away
From where my eminent guests are gathered.
...Ashamed though I am of my high position
While people lead unhappy lives,
Let us reasonably banish care
And just be friends, enjoying nature.
Though we have to go without fish and meat,
There are fruits and vegetables aplenty.
...We bow, we take our cups of wine,
We give our attention to beautiful poems.
When the mind is exalted, the body is lightened
And feels as if it could float in the wind.
...Suzhou is famed as a centre of letters;
And all you writers, coming here,
Prove that the name of a great land
Is made by better things than wealth.
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五言古诗
韦应物
初发扬子寄元大校书
凄凄去亲爱, 泛泛入烟雾;
归棹洛阳人, 残钟广陵树。
今朝为此别, 何处还相遇?
世事波上舟, 沿洄安得住。
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Five-character-ancient-verse
Wei Yingwu
SETTING SAIL ON THE YANGZI
TO SECRETARY YUAN
Wistful, away from my friends and kin,
Through mist and fog I float and float
With the sail that bears me toward Loyang.
In Yangzhou trees linger bell-notes of evening,
Marking the day and the place of our parting....
When shall we meet again and where?
...Destiny is a boat on the waves,
Borne to and fro, beyond our will.
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029
五言古诗
韦应物
寄全椒山中道士
今朝郡斋冷, 忽念山中客;
涧底束荆薪, 归来煮白石。
欲持一瓢酒, 远慰风雨夕;
落叶满空山, 何处寻行迹。
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