LiShangyin ACICADA Pureofheartandthereforehungry, Allnightlongyouhavesunginvain-- Oh,thisfinalbrokenindrawnbreath Amongthegreenindifferenttrees! Yes,Ihavegonelikeapieceofdriftwood, Ihaveletmygardenfi
Li Shangyin
A CICADA
Pure of heart and therefore hungry,
All night long you have sung in vain --
Oh, this final broken indrawn breath
Among the green indifferent trees!
Yes, I have gone like a piece of driftwood,
I have let my garden fill with weeds....
I bless you for your true advice
To live as pure a life as yours.
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五言律诗
李商隐
风雨
凄凉宝剑篇, 羁泊欲穷年。
黄叶仍风雨, 青楼自管弦。
新知遭薄俗, 旧好隔良缘。
心断新丰酒, 销愁斗几千。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Li Shangyin
WIND AND RAIN
I ponder on the poem of The Precious Dagger.
My road has wound through many years.
...Now yellow leaves are shaken with a gale;
Yet piping and fiddling keep the Blue Houses merry.
On the surface, I seem to be glad of new people;
But doomed to leave old friends behind me,
I cry out from my heart for Xinfeng wine
To melt away my thousand woes.
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五言律诗
李商隐
落花
高阁客竟去, 小园花乱飞。
参差连曲陌, 迢递送斜晖。
肠断未忍扫, 眼穿仍欲归。
芳心向春尽, 所得是沾衣。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Li Shangyin
FALLING PETALS
Gone is the guest from the Chamber of Rank,
And petals, confused in my little garden,
Zigzagging down my crooked path,
Escort like dancers the setting sun.
Oh, how can I bear to sweep them away?
To a sad-eyed watcher they never return.
Heart\’s fragrance is spent with the ending of spring
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