Sighs of Autumn Rain (3)
Du Fu


Chang'an commoner all compare number
Be locked in weigh gate watch surround wall
Old people not go grow weeds
Child without worry walk wind rain
Rain sound sough and sigh hasten early cold
West goose wing wet high fly hard
Autumn come have not see white sun
Mud dirt after earth what time dry
In Chang'an there are so many ordinary people,
Locked behind their gates and guarding their walls.
The old men don't go out, the weeds grow tall,
Children blithely walk through wind and rain.
The rustling rain hastens the early cold,
And geese with wet wings find high flying hard.
This autumn we've had no glimpse of the white sun,
When will the mud and dirt become dry earth?


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