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五言古詩 杜甫 夢李白之一

死別已吞聲, 生別常惻惻。
江南瘴癘地, 逐客無消息。
故人入我夢, 明我長相憶;
君今在羅網, 何以有羽翼?
恐非平生魂, 路遠不可測。
魂來楓林青, 魂返關塞黑;
落月滿屋梁, 猶疑照顏色。
水深波浪闊, 無使蛟龍得。

Five-character-ancient-verse
Du Fu SEEING Li Bai IN A DREAM I

There are sobs when death is the cause of parting;
But life has its partings again and again.
...From the poisonous damps of the southern river
You had sent me not one sign from your exile --
Till you came to me last night in a dream,
Because I am always thinking of you.
I wondered if it were really you,
Venturing so long a journey.
You came to me through the green of a forest,
You disappeared by a shadowy fortress....
Yet out of the midmost mesh of your snare,
How could you lift your wings and use them?
...I woke, and the low moon's glimmer on a rafter
Seemed to be your face, still floating in the air.
...There were waters to cross, they were wild and tossing;
If you fell, there were dragons and rivermonsters.