薛涛诗

Poems of Xue Tao


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十离诗镜离台

Ten Poems of Leaving: Mirror Leaves Table


铸泻黄金镜始开
初生三五月裴回
为遭无限尘蒙蔽
不得华堂上玉台

Forged from solid gold, I became a mirror
And after that, I've been hanging around here for months.
Now, because I'm ridiculously covered in dust,
I cannot sit on the jade table in your hall.

-- 薛涛


废话

That's the last of the leaving poems. They are more of an historical curiosity than poetry. I would have prefered more of the real thing.


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