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五言絕句 權德輿 玉臺體

昨夜裙帶解, 今朝蟢子飛。
鉛華不可棄, 莫是□砧歸。

Five-character-quatrain
Quan Deyu THE JADE DRESSING-TABLE

Last night my girdle came undone,
And this morning a luck-beetle flew over my bed.
So here are my paints and here are my powders --
And a welcome for my yoke again.