白居易诗
Poems of Bai Juyi
Index
李白墓
Li Bai's Grave
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采石江边李白坟 绕田无限草连云 可怜荒垄穷泉骨 曾有惊天动地文 |
Grassy stone by river's bank is Li Bai's grave. All around this boundless field, grass meets the sky. Sad, in this deserted mound, this poor pool of bones Once could shake both Heaven and Earth with words. |
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但是诗人多薄命 就中沦落不过君 渚苹溪藻犹堪荐 大雅遗风已不闻 |
But poets have many harsh fates to live. Among us, none harsher than yours. Little white flowers and rushes have their beauty. But the elegance of the Book of Songs is silent. |
-- 白居易
废话
Bai Juyi wrote this in 799, the year he took the Provincial Examination. One wonders if he actually visited Li Bai's grave or if he is romanticizing here. I suppose he would romanticize in either case, being what he is. But not in his wildest dreams does he imagine, as he writes this, that he and Li Bai will be peers.