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七言律詩 李商隱 無題之五

重帷深下莫愁堂, 臥後清宵細細長。
神女生涯原是夢, 小姑居處本無郎。
風波不信菱枝弱, 月露誰教桂葉香。
直道相思了無益, 未妨惆悵是清狂。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Li Shangyin TO ONE UNNAMED V

There are many curtains in your care-free house,
Where rapture lasts the whole night long.
...What are the lives of angels but dreams
If they take no lovers into their rooms?
...Storms are ravishing the nut-horns,
Moon- dew sweetening cinnamon-leaves
I know well enough naught can come of this union,
Yet how it serves to ease my heart!