Li Bai: loose translations
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The wars ruined everything. Merchants on both sides went broke. The men along the Yangtze who towed the ships upstream in the turbid water sang only unhappy songs.
云阳上征去,两岸饶商贾。 吴牛喘月时,拖船一何苦。 水浊不可饮,壶浆半成土。 一唱都护歌,心摧泪如雨。 万人凿盘石,无由达江浒。 君看石芒砀,掩泪悲千古。