No. 41 · Seven-character quatrain
泊秦淮
Mooring on the Qinhuai
by Du Mu 杜牧 · 803 – 852
- Night
- Music
- History
烟笼寒水月笼沙Mist wraps the cold water, the moon wraps the sand;
夜泊秦淮近酒家at night I moor on the Qinhuai, near the taverns.
商女不知亡国恨The singing girls do not know the grief of a fallen dynasty —
隔江犹唱后庭花across the river they still sing 'Jade Court Flowers'.
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