Climbing the Phoenix Terrace at Jinling
登金陵鳳凰臺 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Climbing the Phoenix Terrace at Jinling
On the Phoenix Terrace the phoenix once roamed; the phoenix is gone, the terrace empty, the rivers flow on their own.
The gardens of the Wu palace bury the quiet paths; the caps and gowns of the Jin dynasty have become ancient mounds.
Three Mountains half emerge beyond the azure sky; Two Waters divide the Egret Islet.
It is always the floating clouds that can obscure the sun; not seeing Chang'an fills one with sorrow.
登金陵鳳凰臺
鳳凰臺上鳳凰遊，鳳去臺空江自流。
吳宮花草埋幽徑，晉代衣冠成古丘。
三山半落青天外，二水中分白鷺洲。
總爲浮雲能蔽日，長安不見使人愁。