Too humble to mend the azure sky,
So many years indulged in this world.
All this bounded with life all times,
Who will record them as a strange legend?
卷一之二 题《金陵十二钗》一绝
满纸荒唐言,一把辛酸泪。
都云作者痴,谁解其中味?
Full of fantastic words within th’ whole book,
Full of bitter tears on th’ suffering face.
All of readers blame the author's wishful look ,
Whose painstaking could any ever chase?
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Too hum-/ble to /mend the/ azure/ sky,
So ma-/ny years /indulged /in this/ world.
All this /bounded/ with mor-/tal life /all times,
Who will/ record /them as/ a strange/ legend?
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Full of /fantas-/tic words /within /th’ whole book,
Full of/ bitter/ tears on/ th’ suffer-/ing face.
All rea-/ders blame/ on au-/thor's wish-/ful look ,
Whose pain-/staking/ could a-/ny e-/ver chase?