唐 詩 Tang Shi – 300 Tang poems

酬程延秋夜即事見贈
長簟迎風早， 空城澹月華。
星河秋一雁， 砧杵夜千家。
節候看應晚， 心期臥亦賒。
向來吟秀句， 不覺已鳴鴉。

原文 142

While a cold wind is creeping under my mat,
And the city's naked wall grows pale with the autumn moon,
I see a lone wild-goose crossing the River of Stars,
And I hear, on stone in the night, thousands of washing mallets....
But, instead of wishing the season, as it goes,
To bear me also far away,
I have found your poem so beautiful
That I forget the homing birds.

Bynner 142