韦庄: 章台夜思/ wei zhuang: a night thought on terrace tower

章台夜思

韦庄

清瑟怨遥夜， 绕弦风雨哀。

孤灯闻楚角， 残月下章台。

芳草已云暮， 故人殊未来。

乡书不可寄， 秋雁又南回。

　

a night thought on terrace tower

wei zhuang

far through the night a harp is sighing

with a sadness of wind and rain in the strings....

there's a solitary lantern, a bugle-call --

and beyond terrace tower down goes the moon.

...fragrant grasses have changed and faded