The Moon — Page 2
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The Moon — page 2 of 2.
Poems in this hub
Wang Wei Bird Calls in the Ravine 鳥鳴澗 Wang Wei’s Bird Calls in the Ravine, with pinyin and English notes on spring gui blossoms, moonrise, and the intermittent calls that make stillness audible. Wen Tingyun Dreaming of the South: Countless Regrets 夢江南·千萬恨 Sleepless regret meets an indifferent moon and wind. Read how a brief song uses repeated phrases to make longing continue beyond its few lines. Cen Shen In the Stony Desert 磧中作 Two full moons measure Cen Shen’s westward journey, but the desert gives no answer to where he will sleep tonight. Wang Wei Autumn Night Song 秋夜曲 A musician keeps playing in the cold because returning to an empty room is harder. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Wei Autumn Evening in the Mountains 山居秋暝 Wang Wei’s Autumn Evening in the Mountains, with pinyin and English notes on moonlight, washing women, a fishing boat, and reasons to remain after spring. Li Bai For Wang Changling, Demoted to Longbiao 聞王昌齡左遷龍標遙有此寄 An absent friend receives a sorrowful message entrusted to the moon and wind. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Gao Shi Hearing a Flute on the Frontier 塞上聽吹笛 A frontier flute turns the tune Falling Plum Blossoms into imagined flowers carried through the passes in Gao Shi's night scene. Li Bai Grievance on the Jade Steps 玉階怨 Dew, stockings, and a lowered curtain suggest a wait the speaker never explains. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Zhang Ji Night Mooring at Maple Bridge 楓橋夜泊 Zhang Ji’s Maple Bridge night mooring, with pinyin, English translation, and notes on troubled sleep, riverside lights, and a temple bell reaching the boat. Jia Dao Lodging at a Mountain Temple 宿山寺 Stars and clouds move above a secluded mountain temple. Follow the shift from a restless sky to a solitary crane and the portrait of an elderly monk. Zhang Jiuling Looking at the Moon, Thinking of You Far Away 望月懷遠 Zhang Jiuling's shared moon becomes a light the speaker cannot send, carrying a sleepless night from the sea's horizon back to a hoped-for dream. Zhang Jiuling Since You Left 賦得自君之出矣 A neglected loom and a waning full moon make separation visible in Zhang Jiuling's four-line poem on an inherited theme. Qian Qi Sending a Monk Back to Japan 送僧歸日本 A monk's sea journey becomes Qian Qi's meditation on dreamlike travel, moonlit water, chanting, and a lamp held in the mind across distance. Qian Qi Returning Geese 歸雁 Qian Qi gives geese a mythic reason to leave the beautiful Xiao-Xiang region: moonlit zither music whose sorrow is too much to bear.