夕陽、黃昏|sUNSET, dUSK

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夕陽、黃昏|sUNSET, dUSK

面對不變現實,
美好確是短暫,既無奈也惋惜。
Facing uNCHANGING rEALITY,
sETTING sUN is indeed sHORT-lIVED, It is both hELPLESS and rEGRETFUL.

李商隱(約八一三年至八五八年,晚唐詩人及官員)-《登樂遊原》:
Li Shangyin*₁ (ca. 813-858, poet and official of the late Tang Dynasty) – “A visit to Leyou Garden”*₂:

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向晚意不適,
驅車登古原。
夕陽無限好,
只是近黃昏。
fEELING not well in the eVENING,
Took a carriage to aNCIENT gARDEN.
Setting sUN is infinitely bEAUTIFUL,
Just it is aLMOST dUSK.

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對、雪|wATCH, sNOW

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對、雪|wATCH, sNOW

到底是人的心融化了雪,還是雪融化了人的心?
Does actually human hEART melt the snow, or does the snow mELT human heart?

子蘭(唐末僧侶及詩人)-《對雪》:
Zilan*₁ (Monk and poet of late Tang Dynasty) – “Watching Snow”:

密密無聲墜碧空,霏霏有韻舞微風。
幽人吟望搜辭處,飄入窗來落硯中。
(sNOW) fall sILENTLY from the blue green sky, twirl and dance rHYTHMICALLY with the breeze.
rECLUSE sighs and looks for a place to hIDE, (but sNOW) dRIFT into the window and fALL onto the ink slab.

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