Butnowtheseboysandgirlsinarow Areverykindtotheirfather\’soldfriend. TheyaskmewhereIhavebeenonmyjourney; Andthen,whenwehavetalkedawhile, Theybringandshowmewinesanddishes, Springchivescutinthenight-ra
But now these boys and girls in a row
Are very kind to their father\’s old friend.
They ask me where I have been on my journey;
And then, when we have talked awhile,
They bring and show me wines and dishes,
Spring chives cut in the night-rain
And brown rice cooked freshly a special way.
...My host proclaims it a festival,
He urges me to drink ten cups --
But what ten cups could make me as drunk
As I always am with your love in my heart?
...Tomorrow the mountains will separate us;
After tomorrow-who can say?
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五言古诗
杜甫
佳人
绝代有佳人, 幽居在空谷;
自云良家子, 零落依草木。
关中昔丧乱, 兄弟遭杀戮;
官高何足论? 不得收骨肉。
世情恶衰歇, 万事随转烛。
夫婿轻薄儿, 新人美如玉。
合昏尚知时, 鸳鸯不独宿;
但见新人笑, 那闻旧人哭?
在山泉水清, 出山泉水浊。
侍婢卖珠回, 牵萝补茅屋。
摘花不插发, 采柏动盈掬。
天寒翠袖薄, 日暮倚修竹。
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Five-character-ancient-verse
Du Fu
ALONE IN HER BEAUTY
Who is lovelier than she?
Yet she lives alone in an empty valley.
She tells me she came from a good family
Which is humbled now into the dust.
...When trouble arose in the Kuan district,
Her brothers and close kin were killed.
What use were their high offices,
Not even shielding their own lives? --
The world has but scorn for adversity;
Hope goes out, like the light of a candle.
Her husband, with a vagrant heart,
Seeks a new face like a new piece of jade;
And when morning-glories furl at night
And mandarin-ducks lie side by side,
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