ONSEEINGWANGLEAVEFORTHESOUTH Towardamistuponthewater StillIwavemyhandandsob, Fortheflyingbirdislostinspace Beyondadesolategreenmountain.... Butnowthelongriver,thefarlonesail, fivelakes,gleamlikesprin
ON SEEING WANG LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH
Toward a mist upon the water
Still I wave my hand and sob,
For the flying bird is lost in space
Beyond a desolate green mountain....
But now the long river, the far lone sail,
five lakes, gleam like spring in the sunset;
And down an island white with duckweed
Comes the quiet of communion.
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五言律诗
刘长卿
寻南溪常山道人隐居
一路经行处, 莓苔见履痕。
白云依静渚, 春草闭闲门。
过雨看松色, 随山到水源。
溪花与禅意, 相对亦忘言。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Liu Changing
WHILE VISITING ON THE SOUTH STREAM
THE TAOIST PRIEST CHANG
Walking along a little path,
I find a footprint on the moss,
A while cloud low on the quiet lake,
Grasses that sweeten an idle door,
A pine grown greener with the rain,
A brook that comes from a mountain source --
And, mingling with Truth among the flowers,
I have forgotten what to say.
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五言律诗
刘长卿
新年作
乡心新岁切, 天畔独潸然。
老至居人下, 春归在客先。
岭猿同旦暮, 江柳共风烟。
已似长沙傅, 从今又几年。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Liu Changqing
NEW YEAR\’S AT CHANGSHA
New Year\’s only deepens my longing,
Adds to the lonely tears of an exile
Who, growing old and still in harness,
Is left here by the homing spring....
Monkeys come down from the mountains to haunt me.
I bend like a willow, when it rains on the river.
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