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Chang'e

李商隐 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

On the mica screen the candle's shadow deepens; the River of Heaven sinks lower, the dawn star goes down. Chang'e must regret having stolen the elixir— green sea, blue sky, and night after night that heart.

嫦娥

Poetry

Spring Morning

孟浩然 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

In spring sleep, dawn arrives unnoticed; everywhere, I hear birds calling. Through the night came the sound of wind and rain— how many blossoms must have fallen?

春晓

Poetry

Red Cliff

杜牧 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

A broken halberd sunk in sand, its iron not yet eaten away; I take it up myself, grind and wash it, and identify an earlier dynasty. Had the east wind not favored young Zhou, deep spring in the Bronze Sparrow Tower would have shut away the two Qiao.

赤壁

Poetry

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

William Shakespeare · English Renaissance · sonnet

A meditation on beauty, time, and poetry’s claim to preserve the beloved beyond summer and death.

十四行诗第十八首:我可否把你比作夏日?

Poetry

Climbing the Leyou Plateau

李商隐 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

Toward evening my mood is out of sorts; I drive the carriage up to the ancient plain. The setting sun is boundlessly fine— it is only that dusk is near.

登乐游原

Poetry

Deer Enclosure

王维 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

On the empty mountain no one is seen, yet the sound of human voices carries. Returning light enters the deep wood and shines once more on the green moss.

鹿柴