Tang Yun唐韵

No. 08 · Five-character quatrain

秋浦歌

Song of Autumn Pool

Qiūpǔ Gē

by Li Bai 李白 · 701 – 762

  • Aging
  • Sorrow
白发三千丈My white hair — three thousand zhang long,
缘愁似个长because sorrow is exactly that long.
不知明镜里I do not know how, in the bright mirror,
何处得秋霜autumn frost got in there.