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七言律詩 杜甫 登樓

花近高樓傷客心, 萬方多難此登臨。
錦江春色來天地, 玉壘浮雲變古今。
北極朝庭終不改, 西山寇盜莫相侵。
可憐後主還祠廟, 日暮聊為梁父吟。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Du Fu FROM AN UPPER STORY

Flowers, as high as my window, hurt the heart of a wanderer
For I see, from this high vantage, sadness everywhere.
The Silken River, bright with spring, floats between earth and heaven
Like a line of cloud by the Jade Peak, between ancient days and now.
...Though the State is established for a while as firm as the North Star
And bandits dare not venture from the western hills,
Yet sorry in the twilight for the woes of a longvanished Emperor,
I am singing the song his Premier sang when still unestranged from the mountain.