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七言律詩 岑參 奉和中書舍人賈至早朝大明宮

雞鳴紫陌曙光寒, 鶯囀皇州春色闌。
金闕曉鐘開萬戶, 玉階仙仗擁千官。
花迎劍珮星初落, 柳拂旌旗露未乾。
獨有鳳凰池上客, 陽春一曲和皆難。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Cen Can AN EARLY AUDIENCE AT THE PALACE OF LIGHT
HARMONIZING SECRETARY JIA ZHI'S POEM

Cock-crow, the Purple Road cold in the dawn;
Linnet songs, court roofs tinted with April;
At the Golden Gate morning bell, countless doors open,
And up the jade steps float a thousand officials
With flowery scabbards.... Stars have gone down;
Willows are brushing the dew from the flags --
And, alone on the Lake of the Phoenix, a guest
Is chanting too well The Song of Bright Spring.