Li Bai (Li Po, Li Tai-Po)

李 白

Endless Yearning I

"I am endlessly yearning

To be in Changan.

...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;

A thin frost glistens like little mirrors on my cold mat;

The high lantern flickers; and. deeper grows my longing.

I lift the shade and, with many a sigh, gaze upon the moon,

Single as a flower, centred from the clouds.

Above, I see the blueness and deepness of sky.

Below, I see the greenness and the restlessness of water....

Heaven is high, earth wide; bitter between them flies my sorrow.

Can I dream through the gateway, over the mountain?

Endless longing

Breaks my heart."

長相思之一

長相思， 在長安。

絡緯秋啼金井闌， 微霜淒淒簟色寒。

孤燈不明思欲絕， 卷帷望月空長歎。

美人如花隔雲端， 上有青冥之長天，

下有淥水之波瀾。

天長路遠魂飛苦， 夢魂不到關山難。

長相思， 摧心肝。

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