Tumult, weeping, many new ghosts. Heartbroken, aging, alone, I sing To myself. Ragged mist settles In the spreading dusk. Snow skurries In the coilin… - Du Fu

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Tumult, weeping, many new ghosts.
Heartbroken, aging, alone, I sing
To myself. Ragged mist settles
In the spreading dusk. Snow skurries
In the coiling wind. The wineglass
Is spilled. The bottle is empty.
The fire has gone out in the stove.
Everywhere men speak in whispers.
I brood on the uselessness of letters.

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Du Fu (712 – 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the . Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.

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Alternative Names: Du gongbu Zimei Fu Du Tu Fu
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人生不相見,動如參與商。
今夕復何夕,共此燈燭光。
少壯能幾時,鬢髮各已蒼。
訪舊半爲鬼,驚呼熱中腸。
焉知二十載,重上君子堂。
昔別君未婚,兒女忽成行。
怡然敬父執,問我來何方。
問答乃未已,兒女羅酒漿。
夜雨剪春韭,新炊間黃粱。
主稱會面難,一舉累十觴。
十觴亦不醉,感子故意長。
明日隔山嶽,世事兩茫茫。

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