Lament of the Jade Se
瑤瑟怨 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Lament of the Jade Se
On a silver bed with a mat of ice, dreams will not come,
The blue sky is like water, the night clouds are light.
Wild geese cry far off, passing on toward Xiao and Xiang,
In the twelve-storied tower, the moon shines on alone.
瑤瑟怨
冰簟銀牀夢不成，碧天如水夜雲輕。
雁聲遠過瀟湘去，十二樓中月自明。