除夜｜oLD yEAR dAY

一年之末，
一年之始，
一夜之思。
The end of the year,
The start of the year,
The thinking of the night.

王諲 或 史青【未能證實的詩人，唐朝開元盛世（七一二至七四二年）之初期】－《除夜》：
Wang Yin or Shi Qing [Unconfirmed poets, the early of Kaiyuan (peak) period of Tang Dynasty (712-742)] – “Old Year’s Day”:

今歲今宵盡，明年明日催。
寒隨一夜去，春逐五更來。
氣色空中改，容顏暗裏回。
風光人不覺，已著後園梅。
This year ends tONIGHT, tOMORROW urges next year to come.
wINTER ends over the night, later sPRING comes in the morning.
Climate and colours cHANGED in the air, and people are rEJUVENATED.
People are not aware of the aDVENT of Spring, in fact he has tOUCHED the plums in the backyard.

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