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五言律詩 杜荀鶴 春宮怨

早被嬋娟誤, 欲妝臨鏡慵。
承恩不在貌, 教妾若為容?
風暖鳥聲碎, 日高花影重。
年年越溪女, 相憶採芙蓉。

Five-character-regular-verse
Du Xunhe A SIGH IN THE SPRING PALACE

Knowing beauty my misfortune,
I face my mirror with a sigh.
To please a fastidious emperor,
How shall I array myself?....
Birds flock and sing when the wind is warm,
Flower-shadows climb when the sun is high --
And year after year girls in the south
Are picking hibiscus, dreaming of love!