八月十五日夜湓亭望月 白居易

八月十五日夜湓亭望月    白居易 (772-846)

昔年八月十五夜，曲江池畔杏園邊。
今年八月十五夜，湓浦沙頭水館前。
西北望鄉何處是，東南見月幾回圓。
臨風一歎無人會，今夜清光似往年。

Contemplating the Moon at the Pen Pavilion in the Night
of the Mid Autumn Festival                  Bai Juyi (772-846)

In the night of the Mid Autumn Festival last year,

By the side of the Qujiang Pool with the Apricot Garden near,
In the same night this year,
At the sand shore of Penpu and in front of the House of Aqua,
Looking northwest hoping to find the whereabouts of my homeland quarters,
To the southeast the moon turns full and round many times over,
A long sigh in the autumnal gale I utter but nobody cares,
The brightness of the moon is the same over all these years.