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五言律詩 崔塗 孤雁

幾行歸塞盡, 片影獨何之?
暮雨相呼失, 寒塘欲下遲。
渚雲低暗渡, 關月冷相隨。
未必逢矰繳, 孤飛自可疑。

Five-character-regular-verse
Cui Tu A SOLITARY WILDGOOSE

Line after line has flown back over the border.
Where are you headed all by yourself?
In the evening rain you call to them --
And slowly you alight on an icy pond.
The low wet clouds move faster than you
Along the wall toward the cold moon.
...If they caught you in a net or with a shot,
Would it be worse than flying alone?