八月十五日夜湓亭望月 [唐] 白居易 昔年八月十五夜，曲江池畔杏園邊。 今年八月十五夜，湓浦沙頭水館前。 西北望鄉何處是，東南見月幾回圓。 昨風一吹無人會，今夜清光似往年。 Moon Gazing at P'en Pavilion on Mid-Autumn Night Po Ch'ü-i Remembering the mid-autumn night in the old days, I, gathering with other newly elected officials, was at the Apricot Garden adjoining the Ch'ü-chiang Pond. Another mid-autumn night comes this year; I, in exile, am standing in front of … Continue reading Moon Gazing at P’en Pavilion on Mid-Autumn Night by Po Chü-i 白居易《八月十五日夜湓亭望月》
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The Beauty by Tu Fu 杜甫《佳人》
佳人 [唐] 杜甫 絕代有佳人，幽居在空谷。自云良家子，零落依草木。 關中昔喪亂，兄弟遭殺戮。官高何足論，不得收骨肉。 世情惡衰歇，萬事隨轉燭。夫婿輕薄兒，新人美如玉。 合昏尚知時，鴛鴦不獨宿。但見新人笑，那聞舊人哭。 在山泉水清，出山泉水濁。侍婢賣珠迴，牽蘿補茅屋。 摘花不插髮，采柏動盈掬。天寒翠袖薄，日暮倚修竹。 The Beauty by Tu Fu An unrivaled beauty there is, residing reclusively in the empty valley. “A woman of a decent household I was,” said herself, “but then scattered into the deep woods.” “When the rebellions rose in the capital, all my siblings have been slain. … Continue reading The Beauty by Tu Fu 杜甫《佳人》
Between Thought and Expression 