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五言絕句 元稹 行宮

寥落古行宮, 宮花寂寞紅。
白頭宮女在, 閒坐說玄宗。

Five-character-quatrain
Yuan Zhen THE SUMMER PALACE

In the faded old imperial palace,
Peonies are red, but no one comes to see them....
The ladies-in-waiting have grown white-haired
Debating the pomps of Emperor Xuanzong.