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Tu Fu - Autumn Meditations 02
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Autumn Meditations
Du Fu
秋兴八首 (三)
千家山郭静朝晖
一日江楼坐翠微
信宿渔人还泛泛
清秋燕子故飞飞
匡衡抗疏功名薄
刘向传经心事违
同学少年多不贱
五陵衣马自轻肥
qiū xìng bā shǒu (sān)
qiān jiā shān guō jìng cháo huī
yī rì jiāng lóu zuò cuì wēi
xìn sù yú rén hái fàn fàn
qīng qiū yàn zǐ gù fēi fēi
kuāng héng kàng shū gōng míng báo
liú xiàng chuán jīng xīn shì wéi
tóng xué shào nián duō bú jiàn
wǔ líng yī mǎ zì qīng féi
A mountain suburb of a thousand homes in the quiet morning light,
All day I sit by the river in my tower on the green hill.
For two nights the fishermen have stayed there floating, floating,
In the clear autumn still the swallows fly and fly.
Kuang Heng submitted memorials; I've won little praise,
Liu Xiang passed on the classics; my wishes are not realised.
The schoolmates of my early years mostly are not poor,
In the five tomb towns their furs and horses light and fat.