No. 31 · Seven-character quatrain
暮江吟
Song of the Evening River
by Bai Juyi 白居易 · 772 – 846
- Rivers
- Sunset
- Moon
一道残阳铺水中A band of setting sun spreads out on the water —
半江瑟瑟半江红half the river dark green, half red.
可怜九月初三夜How lovely, this third night of the ninth month:
露似真珠月似弓dew like pearls, the moon like a bow.
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