靜夜思

李白

床前明月光，疑是地上霜。

舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。

Thoughts on a Quiet Night

LiPo

Themoon shines on my bed brightly,

Sothat I mistook it for frost on the ground.

Igaze at the moonlight with head uplifted;

Nowmy head droops, and my thoughts turn homeward.

(劉師舜 譯)

Still Night’s Muse

LiBai

Afrontthe bed the Luna beams bright,

Wearinga look of seemingly rime white.

Eyesupcast toward the Luna,

Eyesdowncast, engenders my nostalgia.

(黃龍 譯)

Moonlight Night

LiPo

Beforethe couch moonlight came.

Ihad thought it frost on the ground.

Lookingup, I gazed on the moon,

Andbowed my head with thoughts of home.

(林如斯 譯)

Looking at the Moon

LiBai

Beforemy bed the moon shone brightly.

Ithought it was frost.

Ilifted my head and looked at the moon.

WhenI lowered my head I thought of home.

(王克難 譯)

QuietNight Thought

Li Bo

Before my bed the moonlight glitters

Like frost upon the ground.

I look up to the mountain moon,

Look down and think of home.

(StephenOwen 譯)

In the Quiet Night

LiBai

Thefloor before my bed is bright:

Moonlight– like hoarfrost – in my room.

Ilift my head and watch the moon.

Idrop my head and think of home.

(Vikram Seth 譯)