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七言古詩 李白 金陵酒肆留別

風吹柳花滿店香, 吳姬壓酒喚客嘗;
金陵子弟來相送, 欲行不行各盡觴。
請君試問東流水, 別意與之誰短長?

Seven-character-ancient-verse
Li Bai PARTING AT A WINE-SHOP IN NANJING

A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop,
And a girl from Wu, pouring wine, urges me to share it
With my comrades of the city who are here to see me off;
And as each of them drains his cup, I say to him in parting,
Oh, go and ask this river running to the east
If it can travel farther than a friend's love!