MOON NIGHT

BY TU FU

To-night—the moon at Fu Chou.In the centre of the Women's ApartmentsThere is only one to look at it.I am far away, but I love my little son, my daughter.They cannot understand and think of Ch'ang An.The sweet-smelling mist makes the cloud head-dress damp,The jade arm must be chillyIn this clear, glorious shining.When shall I lean on the lonely screen?When shall we both be shone upon, and the scars of tears be dry?

To-night—the moon at Fu Chou.In the centre of the Women's ApartmentsThere is only one to look at it.I am far away, but I love my little son, my daughter.They cannot understand and think of Ch'ang An.The sweet-smelling mist makes the cloud head-dress damp,The jade arm must be chillyIn this clear, glorious shining.When shall I lean on the lonely screen?When shall we both be shone upon, and the scars of tears be dry?

To-night—the moon at Fu Chou.In the centre of the Women's ApartmentsThere is only one to look at it.I am far away, but I love my little son, my daughter.They cannot understand and think of Ch'ang An.The sweet-smelling mist makes the cloud head-dress damp,The jade arm must be chillyIn this clear, glorious shining.When shall I lean on the lonely screen?When shall we both be shone upon, and the scars of tears be dry?

To-night—the moon at Fu Chou.

In the centre of the Women's Apartments

There is only one to look at it.

I am far away, but I love my little son, my daughter.

They cannot understand and think of Ch'ang An.

The sweet-smelling mist makes the cloud head-dress damp,

The jade arm must be chilly

In this clear, glorious shining.

When shall I lean on the lonely screen?

When shall we both be shone upon, and the scars of tears be dry?


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