Tang Yun唐韵

No. 28 · Five-character quatrain

宿建德江

Mooring on the Jiande River

Sù Jiàndé Jiāng

by Meng Haoran 孟浩然 · 689 – 740

  • Rivers
  • Travel
  • Moon
移舟泊烟渚I move the boat and moor at a misty islet;
日暮客愁新at dusk the traveller's sorrow is new.
野旷天低树The plain is wide, the sky drops below the trees;
江清月近人the river is clear, the moon comes close to me.