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Tu Fu - Autumn Meditations 03
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Type of Spiritual Experience
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秋兴八首 (四)
闻道长安似弈棋
百年世事不胜悲
王侯第宅皆新主
文武衣冠异昔时
直北关山金鼓振
征西车马羽书迟
鱼龙寂寞秋江冷
故国平居有所思
qiū xìng bā shǒu (sì)
wén dào cháng ān sì yì qí
bǎi nián shì shì bú shèng bēi
wáng hóu dì zhái jiē xīn zhǔ
wén wǔ yī guān yì xī shí
zhí běi guān shān jīn gǔ zhèn
zhēng xī chē mǎ yǔ shū chí
yú lóng jì mò qiū jiāng lěng
gù guó píng jū yǒu suǒ sī
I've heard them say that Chang'an seems like in a game of chess,
A hundred years of world events have caused unbearable pain.
The palaces of the noblemen all have their new masters,
Civil and military dress and caps are not like those before.
Straight north over mountain passes, gongs and drums ring out,
Conquering the west, carts and horses, feather-hurried dispatches.
The fish and dragons are still and silent, the autumn river cold,
A peaceful life in my homeland always in my thoughts.