Tang Yun唐韵

No. 31 · Seven-character quatrain

暮江吟

Song of the Evening River

Mù Jiāng Yín

by Bai Juyi 白居易 · 772 – 846

  • Rivers
  • Sunset
  • Moon
一道残阳铺水中A band of setting sun spreads out on the water —
半江瑟瑟半江红half the river dark green, half red.
可怜九月初三夜How lovely, this third night of the ninth month:
露似真珠月似弓dew like pearls, the moon like a bow.