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yè
sù
宿
fó



Night in a temple
yè
tóu
fó

sù
宿
gāo
lóu

By nightfall, I lodged in the monastery. Clombing to the top room

xīng
yuè
yǎn
yìng
yún

fú

I saw stars and moon flicker behind the shifting clouds

yè
bàn
yuán
shēng
wén
qìng
xiǎng

And the bells tolled,I should not awake to the dawn

xǐng
lái
hóng

mǎn
shān
tóu

As in the east Rose the splendor of a wintry sun.

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