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》