No. 12 · Five-character regulated verse
月夜
A Moonlit Night
by Du Fu 杜甫 · 712 – 770
- Moon
- Family
- War
今夜鄜州月Tonight, the moon over Fuzhou —
闺中只独看she is watching it alone in her room.
遥怜小儿女Far away, I pity my small children,
未解忆长安too young to know how to miss Chang'an.
香雾云鬟湿Fragrant mist dampens her cloud-like hair;
清辉玉臂寒clear light chills her jade-white arms.
何时倚虚幌When will we lean together at the open curtain,
双照泪痕干both of us lit, our tear-tracks dry?
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