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王昌龄: 长信怨/ Wang Changling: A SIGH IN THE COURT OF PERPETUAL FAITH

长信怨

王昌龄

奉帚平明金殿开, 且将团扇共徘徊。

玉颜不及寒鸦色, 犹带昭阳日影来。

 

A SIGH IN THE COURT OF PERPETUAL FAITH

Wang Changling

She brings a broom at dawn to the Golden Palace doorway

And dusts the hall from end to end with her round fan,

And, for all her jade-whiteness, she envies a crow

Whose cold wings are kindled in the Court of the Bright Sun.