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Folk-song-styled-verse
A SONG OF CHANGGAN II
--- Cui Hao

"Yes, I live here, by the river;
I have sailed on it many and many a time.
Both of us born in Changgan, you and I!
Why haven\'t we always known each other?"

乐府    长干行二首之二
---崔颢

家临九江水， 来去九江侧。
同是长干人， 生小不相识。

【注】横塘：在今南京市西南。
崔颢：（704？-754）。开元十一年中进士。曾为太仆寺丞、尚书司勋员外郎。早期诗作，轻薄浮艳。晚年诗风慷慨高峻，雄浑豪放。代表作有《黄鹤楼》。

【简析】《长干行》属乐府《杂曲歌辞》。原作四首，里所选的是前二首。诗中描绘船家少女的大胆和聪慧，憨厚如实的回签惟妙惟肖，非常可爱。