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xià

nán
tíng
huái
怀
xīn
dà


In summer at the south pavilion thinking of Xin
shān
guāng
hū

西
luò

chí
yuè
jiàn
dōng
shàng


sǎn
fā
chéng
yè
liáng

kāi
xuān
wò
xián
chǎng


hé
fēng
sòng
xiāng


zhú
lù

qīng
xiǎng


yù
qǔ
míng
qín
dàn

hèn
wú
zhī
yīn
shǎng


gǎn

huái
怀
gù
rén

zhōng
xiāo
láo
mèng
xiǎng



The mountain-light suddenly fails in the west,

In the east from the lake the slow moon rises.

I loosen my hair to enjoy the evening coolness

And open my window and lie down in peace.

the wind brings me odours of lotuses,

And bamboo-leaves drip with a music of dew....

I would take up my lute and I would play,

But, alas, who here would understand?

And so I think of you, old friend,

O troubler of my midnight dreams !
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