Du Mu: At Yangzhou I Slumbered And Dreamed On, Whilst Ten Precious Years Have Gone!杜牧 十年一覺揚州夢 贏得靑樓薄倖名 Poem by Frank Yue

- Translated by Frank C Yue

Expressing My Sentiments
- Du Mu (Tang Dynasty)

Down in my luck and fuelled by wine,
South of the River I travelled by;
The slim, small-waisted lady
Could dance on your palm deftly.

At Yangzhou I slumbered and dreamed on
Whilst ten precious years have gone!
Have I made a name for myself really?
The fickle who frequented the Green Houses bawdy!


(2020.11.13
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『遣懷』 唐・杜牧

落魄江南載酒行，楚腰纖細掌中輕。

十年一覺揚州夢，贏得靑樓薄倖名。