Listen to this article青青河畔草
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青青河畔草，
郁郁园中柳。
盈盈楼上女，
皎皎[1]当窗牖[2]。
娥娥红粉妆[3]，
纤纤出素手。
昔为倡家女[4]，
今为荡子[5]妇，
荡子行不归，
空床难独守。
注释：
[1] 皎皎：本义指月光白亮，这里形容在春光照耀下楼上女子明艳多彩。
[2] 窗牖：窗的一种，用木条横直制成。
[3] 红粉妆：指艳丽的妆饰。
[4] 倡家女：古代凡是以歌唱为业的艺人叫作“倡”，倡家女指歌伎。
[5] 荡子：指长期漫游四方不归乡土的人，与“游子”意思相近。
Green, Green Riverside Grass She Sees
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Green, green riverside grass she sees;
Lush, lush the garden’s willow trees.
Fair, fair, she waits in painted bower,
Bright, bright like a window-framed flower.
In rosy, rosy dress she stands;
She puts forth slender, slender hands.
A singing girl in early life,
Now she is a deserted wife.
Her husband’s gone far, far away.
How to keep lonely bed each day!
