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七言絕句 李商隱 嫦娥

雲母屏風燭影深, 長河漸落曉星沈。
嫦娥應悔偷靈藥, 碧海青天夜夜心。

Seven-character-quatrain
Li Shangyin TO THE MOON GODDESS

Now that a candle-shadow stands on the screen of carven marble
And the River of Heaven slants and the morning stars are low,
Are you sorry for having stolen the potion that has set you
Over purple seas and blue skies, to brood through the long nights?