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五言律詩 王維 漢江臨眺

楚塞三湘接, 荊門九派通。
江流天地外, 山色有無中。
郡邑浮前浦, 波瀾動遠空。
襄陽好風日, 留醉與山翁。

Five-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei A VIEW OF THE HAN RIVER

With its three southern branches reaching the Chu border,
And its nine streams touching the gateway of Jing,
This river runs beyond heaven and earth,
Where the colour of mountains both is and is not.
The dwellings of men seem floating along
On ripples of the distant sky --
These beautiful days here in Xiangyang
Make drunken my old mountain heart!