作者:佚名
MOON FESTIVAL
To the tune Sui Diao Ge Tou
(Tune:"Prelude to Water Melody")
Su Shi (1036-1101 AD) English version: Frank Huang
On the Mid-autumn Festival of 1076, I drank with great joy
till dawn and became drunk. I composed this while
missing my younger brother Ziyou.
How rare the moon shines so bright?
Holding a goblet, I ask the blue sky.
What a joyful sight is it tonight,
Amid the heavenly palaces on high!
I wish to ride the wind and fly back,
Yet those jade towers and marble courts,
Amid the icy heights would be much too cold.
Instead, I try to dance and swing with my shadow.
Is there anything better than the man's wo
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