望月懷遠 張九齡

望月懷遠       張九齡 (678 - 740)

海上生明月，天涯共此時。

情人怨遙夜，竟夕起相思。
滅燭憐光滿，披衣覺露滋。
不堪盈手贈，還寢夢佳期。

Thinking of Someone Faraway Under the Bright Full Moon                  Zhang Jiuling (678 - 740)

The bright full moon grows out of the sea,

‘Tis a moment all the world agog to see,
Lovers, chagrined at the length of the eve,
Stay up all night with each other to miss;
I douse the candle as the moonlight suffuses,
Put on my coat feeling the dew increase ;
Failing to give you a handful of the light as gift,
Retiring to bed, I look for a rendezvous in my dream with thee.