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七言絕句 王維 九月九日憶山東兄弟

獨在異鄉為異客, 每逢佳節倍思親。
遙知兄弟登高處, 遍插茱萸少一人。

Seven-character-quatrain
Wang Wei ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY
THINKING OF MY BROTHERS IN SHANDONG

All alone in a foreign land,
I am twice as homesick on this day
When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
Each of them a branch-and my branch missing.