靜夜思

أفكار ليلة هادئة / Quiet Night Thoughts

The Complete Works of Li Taibai

Before the bed I gaze upon the moonlight,

I take it for frost upon the ground.

I raise my head and gaze upon the mountain moon,

I lower my head and think of my hometown.

Three Hundred Tang Poems

Before the bed shines bright moonlight,

I take it for frost upon the ground.

I raise my head and gaze upon the bright moon,

I lower my head and think of my hometown.

The Complete Tang Poems

Before the bed shines bright moonlight,

I take it for frost upon the ground.

I raise my head and gaze upon the mountain moon,

I lower my head and think of my hometown.