by Tu Fu (712 - 770)

佳人
Language: Chinese (中文) 
絕代有佳人
幽居在空谷
自云良家子
零落依草木
關中昔喪亂
兄弟遭殺戮
官高何足論
不得收骨肉
世情惡衰歇
萬事隨轉燭
夫婿輕薄兒
新人美如玉
合昏尚知時
鴛鴦不獨宿
但見新人笑
那聞舊人哭
在山泉水清
出山泉水濁
侍婢賣珠迴
牽蘿補茅屋
摘花不插髮
采柏動盈掬
天寒翠袖薄
日暮倚修竹

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