Remembering Xin Da in the Southern Pavilion on a Summer Night
夏日南亭懷辛大 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Remembering Xin Da in the Southern Pavilion on a Summer Night
The mountain light suddenly sinks in the west, the pond moon gradually rises in the east. Letting down my hair, I enjoy the evening cool; I open my window and recline in idle ease.
The lotus breeze wafts a fragrant scent; the bamboo dew drips with a clear sound. I long to take up my lute and play, but grieve that no one of understanding can appreciate it.
Moved by this, I think of my old friend; through the long night I weary myself with dreams of him.
夏日南亭懷辛大
山光忽西落一作「發」，池月漸東上。散髮乘夕涼，開軒臥閑敞。
荷風送香氣，竹露滴清響。欲取鳴琴彈，恨無知音賞。
感此懷故人，中宵勞夢想。