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七言絕句 王昌齡 閨怨

閨中少婦不知愁, 春日凝妝上翠樓。
忽見陌頭楊柳色, 悔教夫婿覓封侯。

Seven-character-quatrain
Wang Changling IN HER QUIET WINDOW

Too young to have learned what sorrow means,
Attired for spring, she climbs to her high chamber....
The new green of the street-willows is wounding her heart --
Just for a title she sent him to war.