Li Bai: loose translations
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Everyone’s in such a hurry that their own dust clouds their way. Only the rich in their mansions can climb above the dust clouds. They waste their gold fighting cocks, trying to impress the common people. But nobody dares go near them, and couldn’t see them anyway through the dust. Nobody who breathes this dust stays clean or can tell a thief from a wise man.
大车扬飞尘。亭午暗阡陌。 中贵多黄金。连云开甲宅。 路逢斗鸡者。冠盖何辉赫。 鼻息干虹霓。行人皆怵惕。 世无洗耳翁。谁知尧与跖。