(Translated by Capella Cao)
Your horse is yellow and mine is white.
Although the colors are different, our hearts are not.
A joyous trot down Luo Yang Boulevard.
Swords glisten in the sun; lustrous red headdresses.
Wearing priceless furs, we are guests of prominent nobility.
Now, even fierce tigers sometimes fall into traps, brave men are not spared.
No noble act above aiding our brethren,
What good is it if we only care about ourselves while friends are in peril.
Notes:
Tang Dynasty: 618 A.D - 906 A.D
Li Bai: 701 A.D. - 762 A.D
The format: This poem filled in words to folk-song styled verse created in Han Dynasty.
君马黄（唐 · 李白）
君马黄，我马白。
马色虽不同，人心本无隔。
共作游冶盘，双行洛阳陌。长剑既照曜，高冠何赩赫。
各有千金裘，俱为五侯客。猛虎落陷阱，壮夫时屈厄。
相知在急难，独好亦何益。
Note:
君马黄是借汉乐府旧题创作的古诗。
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