Night Thoughts at Zhangtai
章臺夜思 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Night Thoughts at Zhangtai
The clear zither grieves through the long night,
Strings circled by sorrowful wind and rain.
Beneath a lone lamp, I hear the Chu watchman's horn,
A fading moon descends from Zhangtai Terrace.
Fragrant grass has reached its autumn end,
Yet my old friend has not come at all.
No letter home can I send—
The autumn geese fly south once again.
章臺夜思
清瑟怨遙夜，繞絃風雨哀。
孤燈聞楚角，殘月下章臺。
芳草已云暮，故人殊未來。
鄉書不可寄，秋雁又南迴。