Song of the Autumn Night (Wang Wei)
秋夜曲 (王維) · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Song of the Autumn Night (Wang Wei)
The new moon rises, autumn dew is light,
Your thin silk gown is worn, yet you change not all night.
Long into the dark, your silver zheng you play with care,
Dreading the empty room, you cannot bear to return there.
秋夜曲 (王維)
桂魄初生秋露微，輕羅已薄未更衣。
銀箏夜久殷勤弄，心怯空房不忍歸。