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七言絕句 岑參 逢入京使

故園東望路漫漫, 雙袖龍鐘淚不乾。
馬上相逢無紙筆, 憑君傳語報平安。

Seven-character-quatrain
Cen Can ON MEETING A MESSENGER TO THE CAPITAL

It's a long way home, a long way east.
I am old and my sleeve is wet with tears.
We meet on horseback. I have no means of writing.
Tell them three words: "He is safe."