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元稹
遣悲懷之一
謝公最小偏憐女， 自嫁黔婁百事乖。
顧我無衣搜藎篋， 泥他沽酒拔金釵。
野蔬充膳甘長藿， 落葉添薪仰古槐。
今日俸錢過十萬， 與君營奠復營齋。
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Yuan Zhen
AN ELEGY I
O youngest, best-loved daughter of Xie,
Who unluckily married this penniless scholar,
You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket,
And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold, to buy wine with;
For dinner we had to pick wild herbs —
And to use dry locust-leaves for our kindling.
…Today they are paying me a hundred thousand —
And all that I can bring to you is a temple sacrifice.
