A Moonlight Night
- Poetry of Liu Fangping

《月夜》

English Rendering

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.

A Moonlight Night by Liu Fangping
A Moonlight Night by Liu Fangping

Original Text (中文原文)

更深月色半人家,北斗阑干南斗斜。

今夜偏知春气暖,虫声新透绿窗纱。

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