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五言律詩 劉長卿 秋日登吳公臺上寺遠眺

古臺搖落後, 秋日望鄉心。
野寺人來少, 雲峰水隔深。
夕陽依舊壘, 寒磬滿空林。
惆悵南朝事, 長江獨至今。

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Liu Changqing CLIMBING IN AUTUMN FOR A VIEW FROM THE TEMPLE
ON THE TERRACE OF GENERAL WU

So autumn breaks my homesick heart....
Few pilgrims venture climbing to a temple so wild,
Up from the lake, in the mountain clouds.
...Sunset clings in the old defences,
A stone gong shivers through the empty woods.
...Of the Southern Dynasty, what remains?
Nothing but the great River.