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五言律詩 李商隱 北青蘿

殘陽西入崦, 茅屋訪孤僧。
落葉人何在? 寒雲路幾層。
獨敲初夜磬, 閑倚一枝藤。
世界微塵裡, 吾寧愛與憎。

Five-character-regular-verse
Li Shangyin NORTH AMONG GREEN VINES

Where the sun has entered the western hills,
I look for a monk in his little straw hut;
But only the fallen leaves are at home,
And I turn through chilling levels of cloud
I hear a stone gong in the dusk,
I lean full-weight on my slender staff
How within this world, within this grain of dust,
Can there be any room for the passions of men?