"床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。"
— Li Bai
January 1, 1970
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Poets from China
Tang dynasty poets
Original Language: English
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Variant translation: — Before my bed the moonlight glitters Like frost upon the ground. I look up to the mountain moon, Look down and think of home. — "Quiet Night Thought", in Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations (2000), p. 723
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Variant translation: — Before my bed the moonlight glitters Like frost upon the ground. I look up to the mountain moon, Look down and think of home. — "Quiet Night Thought", in Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations (2000), p. 723