天淨沙·秋思
To the Tune Tianjingsha: Autumn Thoughts
Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠 (c. 1250–c. 1321)
Yuan · c. 1300

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Rights: Yuan dynasty song (sanqu); the author died around 1321. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/天淨沙·秋思 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/ma-zhiyuan-autumn-thoughts

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枯藤、老樹、昏鴉。
小橋、流水、人家。
古道、西風、瘦馬。
夕陽西下，
斷腸人在天涯。

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枯藤、老树、昏鸦。
小桥、流水、人家。
古道、西风、瘦马。
夕阳西下，
断肠人在天涯。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Withered vines, old trees, crows at dusk.
A small bridge, flowing water, someone's home.
An ancient road, the west wind, a thin horse.
The evening sun goes down in the west;
a heartsick traveller at the edge of the sky.