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七言律詩 溫庭筠 利洲南渡

澹然空水對斜暉, 曲島蒼茫接翠微。
波上馬嘶看棹去, 柳邊人歇待船歸。
數叢沙草群鷗散, 萬頃江田一鷺飛。
誰解乘舟尋范蠡? 五湖煙水獨忘機。

Seven-character-regular-verse
Wen Tingyun NEAR THE LIZHOU FERRY

The sun has set in the water's clear void,
And little blue islands are one with the sky.
On the bank a horse neighs. A boat goes by.
People gather at a willow- clump and wait for the ferry.
Down by the sand-bushes sea-gulls are circling,
Over the wide river-lands flies an egret.
...Can you guess why I sail, like an ancient wise lover,
Through the misty Five Lakes, forgetting words?