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杜甫
登岳陽樓
昔聞洞庭水， 今上岳陽樓。
吳楚東南坼， 乾坤日夜浮。
親朋無一字， 老病有孤舟。
戎馬關山北， 憑軒涕泗流。
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Du Fu
ON THE GATE-TOWER AT YOUZHOU
I had always heard of Lake Dongting —
And now at last I have climbed to this tower.
With Wu country to the east of me and Chu to the south,
I can see heaven and earth endlessly floating.
…But no word has reached me from kin or friends.
I am old and sick and alone with my boat.
North of this wall there are wars and mountains —
And here by the rail how can I help crying?
