唐诗三百首英译 杜牧：赤壁

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杜牧

赤壁

折戟沈沙铁未销， 自将磨洗认前朝。

东风不与周郎便， 铜雀春深锁二乔。

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Seven-character-quatrain

Du Mu

BY THE PURPLE CLIFF

On a part of a spear still unrusted in the sand

I have burnished the symbol of an ancient kingdom……

Except for a wind aiding General Zhou Yu，

Spring would have sealed both Qiao girls in CopperBird Palace.