"寥落古行宫，宫花寂寞红。 白头宫女在，闲坐说玄宗。"
— Yuan Zhen
January 1, 1970
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Novelists from China
Tang dynasty poets
Original Language: English
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Variant translations: — Deserted now imperial bowers. For whom still redden palace flowers? Some white-haired chambermaids at leisure Talk of the late emperor's pleasure. — "At an Old Palace", in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Beijing: New World Press, 1994), p. 128 — The ancient Palace lies in desolation spread. The very garden flowers in solitude grow red. Only some withered dames with whitened hair remain, Who sit there idly talking of my
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Variant translations: — Deserted now imperial bowers. For whom still redden palace flowers? Some white-haired chambermaids at leisure Talk of the late emperor's pleasure. — "At an Old Palace", in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Beijing: New World Press, 1994), p. 128 — The ancient Palace lies in desolation spread. The very garden flowers in solitude grow red. Only some withered dames with whitened hair remain, Who sit there idly talking of my