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五言律詩 劉長卿 餞別王十一南遊

望君煙水闊, 揮手淚霑巾。
飛鳥沒何處? 青山空向人。
長江一帆遠, 落日五湖春。
誰見汀洲上, 相思愁白蘋?

Five-character-regular-verse
Liu Changing ON SEEING WANG LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH

Toward a mist upon the water
Still I wave my hand and sob,
For the flying bird is lost in space
Beyond a desolate green mountain....
But now the long river, the far lone sail,
five lakes, gleam like spring in the sunset;
And down an island white with duckweed
Comes the quiet of communion.