杜牧: 泊秦淮/ du mu: a mooring on the qin huai river

泊秦淮

杜牧

烟笼寒水月笼沙， 夜泊秦淮近酒家。

商女不知亡国恨， 隔江犹唱后庭花。

　

a mooring on the qin huai river

du mu

mist veils the cold stream, and moonlight the sand,

as i moor in the shadow of a river-tavern,

where girls, with no thought of a perished kingdom,

gaily echo a song of courtyard flowers.