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孟浩然
歲暮歸南山
北闕休上書， 南山歸敝廬。
不才明主棄， 多病故人疏。
白髮催年老， 青陽逼歲除。
永懷愁不寐， 松月夜窗墟。
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Meng Haoran
ON RETURNING AT THE YEAR’S END TO
ZHONGNAN MOUNTAIN
I petition no more at the north palace-gate.
…To this tumble-down hut on Zhongnan Mountain
I was banished for my blunders, by a wise ruler.
I have been sick so long I see none of my friends.
My white hairs hasten my decline,
Like pale beams ending the old year.
Therefore I lie awake and ponder
On the pine-shadowed moonlight in my empty window.
