...Doyouknowthat,eastofChina\’smountains,intwohundreddistricts Andinthousandsofvillages,nothinggrowsbutweeds, Andthoughstrongwomenhavebenttotheploughing, Eastandwestthefurrowsallarebrokendown? ...Me
...Do you know that, east of China\’s mountains, in two hundred districts
And in thousands of villages, nothing grows but weeds,
And though strong women have bent to the ploughing,
East and west the furrows all are broken down?
...Men of China are able to face the stiffest battle,
But their officers drive them like chickens and dogs.
Whatever is asked of them,
Dare they complain?
For example, this winter
Held west of the gate,
Challenged for taxes,
How could they pay?
...We have learned that to have a son is bad luck-
It is very much better to have a daughter
Who can marry and live in the house of a neighbour,
While under the sod we bury our boys.
...Go to the Blue Sea, look along the shore
At all the old white bones forsaken --
New ghosts are wailing there now with the old,
Loudest in the dark sky of a stormy day.
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乐府
杜甫
丽人行
三月三日天气新, 长安水边多丽人。
态浓意远淑且真, 肌理细腻骨肉匀。
绣罗衣裳照暮春, 蹙金孔雀银麒麟。
头上何所有? 翠微盍叶垂鬓唇。
背后何所见? 珠压腰衱稳称身。
就中云幕椒房亲, 赐名大国虢与秦。
紫驼之峰出翠釜, 水精之盘行素鳞。
犀箸餍饫久未下, 鸾刀缕切空纷纶。
黄门飞鞚不动尘, 御厨络绎送八珍。
箫鼓哀吟感鬼神, 宾从杂遝实要津。
后来鞍马何逡巡? 当轩下马入锦茵。
杨花雪落覆白苹, 青鸟飞去衔红巾。
炙手可热势绝伦, 慎莫近前丞相嗔。
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Folk-song-styled-verse
Du Fu
A SONG OF FAIR WOMEN
On the third day of the Third-month in the freshening weather
Many beauties take the air by the Changan waterfront,
Receptive, aloof, sweet-mannered, sincere,
With soft fine skin and well-balanced bone.
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