ofQianyuan,IwasappointedasofficialtoHuazhoufrommyformer postofCensor.Friendsandrelativesgatheredandsawmeleaveby thesamegate.AndIwrotethispoem. ThisistheroadbywhichIfled, Whentherebelshadreachedthewes
of Qianyuan, I was appointed as official to Huazhou from my former
post of Censor. Friends and relatives gathered and saw me leave by
the same gate. And I wrote this poem.
This is the road by which I fled,
When the rebels had reached the west end of the city;
And terror, ever since, has clutched at my vitals
Lest some of my soul should never return.
...The court has come back now, filling the capital;
But the Emperor sends me away again.
Useless and old, I rein in my horse
For one last look at the thousand gates.
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五言律诗
杜甫
月夜忆舍弟
戍鼓断人行, 秋边一雁声。
露从今夜白, 月是故乡明。
有弟皆分散, 无家问死生。
寄书长不达, 况乃未休兵。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Du Fu
REMEMBERING MY BROTHERS ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT
A wanderer hears drums portending battle.
By the first call of autumn from a wildgoose at the border,
He knows that the dews tonight will be frost.
...How much brighter the moonlight is at home!
O my brothers, lost and scattered,
What is life to me without you?
Yet if missives in time of peace go wrong --
What can I hope for during war?
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五言律诗
杜甫
天末怀李白
凉风起天末, 君子意如何。
鸿雁几时到, 江湖秋水多。
文章憎命达, 魑魅喜人过。
应共冤魂语, 投诗赠汨罗。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Du Fu
TO LI BAI AT THE SKY SEND
A cold wind blows from the far sky....
What are you thinking of, old friend?
The wildgeese never answer me.
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