Lament on the Jade Steps (Li Bai)

玉階怨 (李白) · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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English translation 中文原文

On the jade steps, white dew has formed;

The night grows long, soaking my silk gauze stockings.

I draw back the crystal blinds,

And gaze at the bright autumn moon through their translucent lattice.

玉階怨 (李白)

玉階生白露，夜久侵羅襪。

却下水晶簾，玲瓏望秋月。