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五言古詩 張九齡 感遇其一

孤鴻海上來, 池潢不敢顧;
側見雙翠鳥, 巢在三珠樹。
矯矯珍木巔, 得無金丸懼?
美服患人指, 高明逼神惡。
今我遊冥冥, 弋者何所慕?

Five-character-ancient-verse
Zhang Jiuling THOUGHTS I

A lonely swan from the sea files,
To alight on puddles it does not deign.
Nesting in the poplar of pearls
It spies and questions green birds twain:
"Don't you fear the threat of slings,
Perched on top of branches so high?
Nice clothes invite pointing fingers,
High climbers god's good will defy.
Bird-hunters will crave me in vain,
For I roam the limitless sky."