From a sparse plane tree hangs the waning moon,
The waterclock is still and hushed is man.
Who sees a hermit pacing up and down alone?
Is it the shadow of a fugifive swan?
Startled,he turns his head
With a grief none behold.
Looking all over,he won't perch on branches dead
But on the lonely sandbank cold.
缺月挂疏桐，漏断人初静。
时见幽人独往来，缥缈孤鸿影。
惊起却回头，有恨无人省。
拣尽寒枝不肯栖，寂寞沙洲冷。
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