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离思
[唐]元稹
曾经沧海难为水，
除却巫山不是云。
取次[1]花丛懒回顾，
半缘[2]修道半缘君。
注释：
[1]取次：随意地，草率地。
[2]缘：因为。
Thinking of My Dear Departed
Yuan Zhen
No water’s wide enough when you have crossed the sea;
No cloud is beautiful but that which crowns the peak.
I pass by flowers which fail to attract poor me
Half for your sake and half for Taoism I seek.
