lǚ guǎn wú liáng bàn,
níng qíng zì qiǎo rán。
hán dēng sī jiù shì,
duàn yàn jǐng chóu mián。
yuǎn mèng guī qīn xiǎo,
jiā shū dào gé nián。
cāng jiāng hǎo yān yuè,
mén xì diào yú chuán。
Solitary at the tavern,
I am shut in with loneliness and grief.
Under the cold lamp, I brood on the past;
I am kept awake by a lost wildgoose.
...Roused at dawn from a misty dream,
I read, a year late, news from home –
And I remember the moon like smoke on the river
And a fisher-boat moored there, under my door.