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七言絕句 杜牧 贈別之二

多情卻似總無情, 唯覺樽前笑不成。
蠟燭有心還惜別, 替人垂淚到天明。

Seven-character-quatrain
Du Mu Parting II

How can a deep love seem deep love,
How can it smile, at a farewell feast?
Even the candle, feeling our sadness,
Weeps, as we do, all night long.