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五言律詩 杜甫 月夜憶舍弟

戍鼓斷人行, 秋邊一雁聲。
露從今夜白, 月是故鄉明。
有弟皆分散, 無家問死生。
寄書長不達, 況乃未休兵。

Five-character-regular-verse
Du Fu REMEMBERING MY BROTHERS ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT

A wanderer hears drums portending battle.
By the first call of autumn from a wildgoose at the border,
He knows that the dews tonight will be frost.
...How much brighter the moonlight is at home!
O my brothers, lost and scattered,
What is life to me without you?
Yet if missives in time of peace go wrong --
What can I hope for during war?