同從弟南齋玩月憶山陰崔少府

王昌齡

高臥南齋時， 開帷月初吐;

清輝淡水木， 演漾在窗戶。

苒苒幾盈虛? 澄澄變今古。

美人清江畔， 是夜越吟苦。

千里其如何? 微風(fēng)吹蘭杜。

Five-character-ancient-verse

Wang Changling

WITH MY BROTHER AT THE SOUTH STUDY

THINKING IN THE MOONLIGHT OF VICE-PREFECT

CUI IN SHANYIN

Lying on a high seat in the south study,

We have lifted the curtain-and we see the rising moon

Brighten with pure light the water and the grove

And flow like a wave on our window and our door.

It will move through the cycle, full moon and then crescent again,

Calmly, beyond our wisdom, altering new to old.

...Our chosen one, our friend, is now by a limpid river --

Singing, perhaps, a plaintive eastern song.

He is far, far away from us, three hundred miles away.

And yet a breath of orchids comes along the wind.