gēngshēn yuè sè bàn rén jiā,
běi dǒu lán gān nán dǒu xié。
jīn yè piān zhī chūn qì nuǎn,
chóng shēng xīn tòu lǜ chuāng shā。
When the moon has coloured half the house,
With the North Star at its height and the South Star setting,
I can fed the first motions of the warm air of spring
In the singing of an insect at my green-silk window.