七言絕句
李商隱
隋宮
乘興南遊不戒嚴, 九重誰省諫書函。
春風舉國裁宮錦, 半作障泥半作帆。
Seven-character-quatrain
Li Shangyin
THE SUI PALACE
When gaily the Emperor toured the south
Contrary to every warning,
His whole empire cut brocades,
Half for wheel-guards, half for sails.
七言絕句
李商隱
隋宮
乘興南遊不戒嚴, 九重誰省諫書函。
春風舉國裁宮錦, 半作障泥半作帆。
Seven-character-quatrain
Li Shangyin
THE SUI PALACE
When gaily the Emperor toured the south
Contrary to every warning,
His whole empire cut brocades,
Half for wheel-guards, half for sails.