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九日
重阳独酌杯中酒，
抱病[1]起登江上台。
竹叶于人既无分，
菊花从此不须开。
殊方日落玄猿哭，
旧国霜前白雁来。
弟妹萧条各何在？
干戈[2]衰谢两相催！
公元767年重阳，杜甫在夔州登高，有此诗篇。重阳有登高怀远的风俗，诗人抱病前往，应是心中愁绪无法排解。因病戒酒，遂也无心赏菊，用带着较强烈主观情绪的诗句，加强情感表达，胸中不快之意呼之欲出。竹叶，即竹叶青，指代酒。颈联因景伤情，日落猿啼，似乎它们也有胸臆难平之事；白雁归来，尚能与家人团聚。这些，很自然地透露了诗人内心的情绪。尾联以佳节思亲作结，遥怜弟妹，寄托飘零寥落之感，叹息岁月已经催人老，又何苦再以干戈摧残。
注释：
[1]抱病：生病，带病。
[2]干戈：战争。
On Mountain-climbing Day
I drink my wine alone on Mountain-climbing Day,
Though ill, I go up riverside tower and stay.
I cannot drink wine made out of bamboo’s green leaves;
Chrysanthemums not in full bloom, I think none grieves.
But black apes wail at sunset in a foreign land;
White swans will come before the frost without command.
Where are my homesick younger brothers and sisters dear?
War flames afar and nearing old age make me drear.
