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七言絕句 杜牧 秋夕

銀燭秋光冷畫屏, 輕羅小扇撲流螢。
天階夜色涼如水, 坐看牽牛織女星。

Seven-character-quatrain
Du Mu IN THE AUTUMN NIGHT

Her candle-light is silvery on her chill bright screen.
Her little silk fan is for fireflies....
She lies watching her staircase cold in the moon,
And two stars parted by the River of Heaven.