No. 42 · Seven-character quatrain
江南春
Spring in the South
by Du Mu 杜牧 · 803 – 852
- Spring
- History
- Rain
千里莺啼绿映红A thousand li of orioles, green set against red;
水村山郭酒旗风water villages, hill towns, wine flags in the wind.
南朝四百八十寺Four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasties —
多少楼台烟雨中how many of their towers are now in mist and rain?
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