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Old May 30, 2009, 08:58 PM
zhimin ji
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I am very glad for your appreciating tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival and Qu YUan 's poems. Now, I intrduce one part of famous poem li sao writtenby Qu YUan.But for my limit of translation of Chinese, I only give your Chinese version and I hope you will like it.
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帝高阳之苗裔兮,朕皇考曰伯庸。

摄提贞于孟陬兮,惟庚寅吾以降。

皇览揆余初度兮,肇锡余以嘉名:

名余曰正则兮,字余曰灵均。

纷吾既有此内美兮,又重之以修能。

扈江离与辟芷兮,纫秋兰以为佩。

汨余若将不及兮,恐年岁之不吾与。

朝搴阰之木兰兮,夕揽洲之宿莽。

日月忽其不淹兮,春与秋其代序。

惟草木之零落兮,恐美人之迟暮。

不抚壮而弃秽兮,何不改乎此度。

乘骐骥以驰骋兮,来吾道夫先路!