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七言絕句 朱慶餘 宮詞

寂寂花時閉院門, 美人相並立瓊軒。
含情欲說宮中事, 鸚鵡前頭不敢言。

Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu A SONG OF THE PALACE

Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers,
Ladies file out to their pavilion of jade,
Abrim to the lips with imperial gossip
But not daring to breathe it with a parrot among them.