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七言絕句 杜牧 泊秦淮

煙籠寒水月籠沙, 夜泊秦淮近酒家。
商女不知亡國恨, 隔江猶唱後庭花。

Seven-character-quatrain
Du Mu A MOORING ON THE QIN HUAI RIVER

Mist veils the cold stream, and moonlight the sand,
As I moor in the shadow of a river-tavern,
Where girls, with no thought of a perished kingdom,
Gaily echo A Song of Courtyard Flowers.