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七言律詩 李商隱 錦瑟

錦瑟無端五十絃, 一絃一柱思華年。
莊生曉夢迷蝴蝶, 望帝春心託杜鵑。
滄海月明珠有淚, 藍田日暖玉生煙。
此情可待成追憶, 只是當時已惘然。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Li Shangyin THE INLAID HARP

I wonder why my inlaid harp has fifty strings,
Each with its flower-like fret an interval of youth.
...The sage Chuangzi is day-dreaming, bewitched by butterflies,
The spring-heart of Emperor Wang is crying in a cuckoo,
Mermen weep their pearly tears down a moon-green sea,
Blue fields are breathing their jade to the sun....
And a moment that ought to have lasted for ever
Has come and gone before I knew.