杜甫: 春宿左省/ du fu: a night-vigil in the left court of the palace

春宿左省

杜甫

花隐掖垣暮， 啾啾栖鸟过。

星临万户动， 月傍九霄多。

不寝听金钥， 因风想玉珂。

明朝有封事， 数问夜如何。

　

a night-vigil in the left court of the palace

du fu

flowers are shadowed, the palace darkens,

birds twitter by for a place to perch;

heaven's ten thousand windows are twinkling,

and nine cloud-terraces are gleaming in the moonlight.

...while i wait for the golden lock to turn,