秋夕 – 杜牧
银烛秋光冷画屏，
轻罗小扇扑流萤。
天阶夜色凉如水，
坐看牵牛织女星。
A Quatrain by Du Mu
(Autumn Night)
Red-candle-lit painted screens in chill autumn air,
Her silk fan chases the fireflies off here and there.
At this night palace, on the steps like icy stream,
She lies still gazing at Vega trysting Altair.
Tr. Ziyuzile
(To be revised)
银烛秋光冷画屏，
轻罗小扇扑流萤。
天阶夜色凉如水，
坐看牵牛织女星。
A Quatrain by Du Mu
(Autumn Night)
Red-candle-lit painted screens in chill autumn air,
Her silk fan chases the fireflies off here and there.
At this night palace, on the steps like icy stream,
She lies still gazing at Vega trysting Altair.
Tr. Ziyuzile
(To be revised)