五言律诗

马戴

楚江怀古

露气寒光集， 微阳下楚丘。

猿啼洞庭树， 人在木兰舟。

广泽生明月， 苍山夹乱流。

云中君不见， 竟夕自悲秋。

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Five-character-regular-verse

Ma Dai

THOUGHTS OF OLD TIME ON THE CHU RIVER

A cold light shines on the gathering dew，

As sunset fades beyond the southern mountains；

Trees echo with monkeys on the banks of Lake Dongting，

Where somebody is moving in an orchid-wood boat.

Marsh-lands are swollen wide with the moon，

While torrents are bent to the mountains' will；

And the vanished Queens of the Clouds leave me

Sad with autumn all night long.