Listen to this article五言律詩
孟浩然
望洞庭湖贈張丞相
八月湖水平， 涵虛混太清。
氣蒸雲夢澤， 波撼岳陽城。
欲濟無舟楫， 端居恥聖明。
坐觀垂釣者， 空有羨魚情。
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Meng Haoran
A MESSAGE FROM LAKE DONGTIN
TO PREMIER ZHANG
Here in the Eighth-month the waters of the lake
Are of a single air with heaven,
And a mist from the Yun and Meng valleys
Has beleaguered the city of Youzhou.
I should like to cross, but I can find no boat.
…How ashamed I am to be idler than you statesmen,
As I sit here and watch a fisherman casting
And emptily envy him his catch.
