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七言律詩 元稹 遣悲懷之一

謝公最小偏憐女, 自嫁黔婁百事乖。
顧我無衣搜藎篋, 泥他沽酒拔金釵。
野蔬充膳甘長藿, 落葉添薪仰古槐。
今日俸錢過十萬, 與君營奠復營齋。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Yuan Zhen AN ELEGY I

O youngest, best-loved daughter of Xie,
Who unluckily married this penniless scholar,
You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket,
And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold, to buy wine with;
For dinner we had to pick wild herbs --
And to use dry locust-leaves for our kindling.
...Today they are paying me a hundred thousand --
And all that I can bring to you is a temple sacrifice.