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樂府 李白 玉階怨

玉階生白露, 夜久侵羅襪。
卻下水晶簾, 玲瓏望秋月。

Folk-song-styled-verse
Li Bai A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE

Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew;
Her silk soles are wet, she lingered there so long....
Behind her closed casement, why is she still waiting,
Watching through its crystal pane the glow of the autumn moon?