登金陵凤凰台

李白

凤凰台上凤凰游

凤去台空江自流

吴宫花草埋幽径

晋代衣冠成古丘

三山半落青天外

二水中分白鹭洲

总为浮云能蔽日

长安不见使人愁

On Phoenix Terrace At Jinling

Li Bai

On Phoenix Terrace once phoenixes came to sing;

The birds are gone, but still roll on the river's waves.

The ruined palace's buried 'neath the weeds in spring;

The ancient sages in caps and gowns all lie in graves.

The three-peak'd mountain is half lost in azure sky;

The two-fork'd stream by Egret Isle is kept apart.

As floating clouds can veil the bright sun from the eye,

Imperial Court, now out of sight, saddens my heart.