Zige Night Song / Summer Song
子夜吳歌/夏歌 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Zige Night Song / Summer Song
Mirror Lake stretches for three hundred miles,
Lotus blooms burst into flower.
In the fifth month, Xi Shi gathers them,
And the crowds block the banks of Ruoye.
She turns her boat back, waiting not for the moon,
And returns to the King of Yue's house.
子夜吳歌/夏歌
鏡湖三百里，菡萏發荷花。
五月西施採，人看隘若耶。
回舟不待月，歸去越王家。