春词七言绝句

刘禹锡

春词

新妆宜面下朱楼， 深锁春光一院愁。

行到中庭数花朵， 蜻蜓飞上玉搔头。

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Seven-character-quatrain

Liu Yuxi

A SPRING SONG

In gala robes she comes down from her chamber

Into her courtyard, enclosure of spring....

When she tries from the centre to count the flowers,

On her hairpin of jade a dragon-fly poises.