靜夜思 (Chinese) with translations in English

Quiet Night Thought

This parallel text is part of Quiet Night Thought equilang.

Main text by Li Bai written in year 750 in Chinese.

The original version.

Translation in English.

靜夜思

Quiet Night Thought

床chuáng bed 前qián before 明míng Bright 月yuè moon 光guāng Light

Bright moonlight before my bed

疑yí suspect 是shì be 地de ground 上shàng on 霜shuāng frost

I suppose it is frost on the ground

舉jǔ Raise 頭tóu head 望wàng view 明míng bright 月yuè moon

I raise my head to view the bright moon,

低dī lower 頭tóu head 思sī think 故gù former 鄉xiāng town

then lower it, thinking of my home village.

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