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五言律詩 孟浩然 清明日宴梅道士房

林臥愁春盡, 開軒覽物華。
忽逢青鳥使, 邀入赤松家。
丹灶初開火, 仙桃正發花。
童顏若可駐, 何惜醉流霞。

Five-character-regular-verse
Meng Haoran AT A BANQUET IN THE HOUSE
OF THE TAOIST PRIEST MEI

In my bed among the woods, grieving that spring must end,
I lifted up the curtain on a pathway of flowers,
And a flashing bluebird bade me come
To the dwelling-place of the Red Pine Genie.
...What a flame for his golden crucible --
Peach-trees magical with buds ! --
And for holding boyhood in his face,
The rosy-flowing wine of clouds!