唐诗三百首英译 张祜：何满子

五言绝句

张祜

何满子

故国三千里， 深宫二十年。

一声何满子， 双泪落君前。

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Five-character-quatrain

Zhang Hu

SHE SINGS AN OLD SONG

A lady of the palace these twenty years，

She has lived here a thousand miles from her home-

Yet ask her for this song and， with the first few words of it，

See how she tries to hold back her tears.