唐诗三百首英译 杜牧：遣怀

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杜牧

遣怀

落魄江湖载酒行， 楚腰纤细掌中轻。

十年一觉扬州梦， 赢得青楼薄幸名。

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Seven-character-quatrain

Du Mu

A CONFESSION

With my wine-bottle， watching by river and lake

For a lady so tiny as to dance on my palm，

I awake， after dreaming ten years in Yangzhou，

Known as fickle， even in the Street of Blue Houses.