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樂府 李益 江南曲

嫁得瞿塘賈, 朝朝誤妾期。
早知潮有信, 嫁與弄潮兒。

Folk-song-styled-verse
Li Yi A SONG OF THE SOUTHERN RIVER

Since I married the merchant of Qutang
He has failed each day to keep his word....
Had I thought how regular the tide is,
I might rather have chosen a river-boy.