王建
新嫁娘

三日入厨下， 洗手作羹汤。
未谙姑食性， 先遣小姑尝。
Five-character-quatrain
Wang Jian
A BRIDE

On the third day, taking my place to cook,
Washing my hands to make the bridal soup,
I decide that not my mother-in-law
But my husband\'s young sister shall have the fiat taste.

权德舆
玉台体

昨夜裙带解， 今朝蟢子飞。
铅华不可弃， 莫是□砧归。
Five-character-quatrain
Quan Deyu
THE JADE DRESSING-TABLE

Last night my girdle came undone,
And this morning a luck-beetle flew over my bed.
So here are my paints and here are my powders --
And a welcome for my yoke again.

柳宗元
江雪

千山鸟飞绝， 万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁， 独钓寒江雪。
Five-character-quatrain
Liu Zongyuan
RIVER-SNOW

A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow. 
 
元稹
行宫
寥落古行宫， 宫花寂寞红。
白头宫女在， 闲坐说玄宗。
Five-character-quatrain
Yuan Zhen
THE SUMMER PALACE

In the faded old imperial palace,
Peonies are red, but no one comes to see them....
The ladies-in-waiting have grown white-haired
Debating the pomps of Emperor Xuanzong.

白居易
问刘十九

绿螘新醅酒， 红泥小火炉。
晚来天欲雪， 能饮一杯无。
Five-character-quatrain
Bai Juyi
A SUGGESTION TO MY FRIEND LIU

There\'s a gleam of green in an old bottle,
There\'s a stir of red in the quiet stove,
There\'s a feeling of snow in the dusk outside --
What about a cup of wine inside?

张祜
何满子

故国三千里， 深宫二十年。
一声何满子， 双泪落君前。
Five-character-quatrain
Zhang Hu
SHE SINGS AN OLD SONG

A lady of the palace these twenty years,
She has lived here a thousand miles from her home-
Yet ask her for this song and, with the first few words of it,
See how she tries to hold back her tears.

李商隐
登乐游原

向晚意不适， 驱车登古原。
夕阳无限好， 只是近黄昏。
Five-character-quatrain
Li Shangyin
THE LEYOU TOMBS

With twilight shadows in my heart
I have driven up among the Leyou Tombs
To see the sun, for all his glory,
Buried by the coming night.

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