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Tang dynasty

静夜思

Quiet Night Thoughts

李白 / Li Bai

English reading guide

Moonlight shines before my bed. I wonder if it is frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, then lower it and think of home.

Original with pinyin

床前明月光

chuang2 qian2 ming2 yue4 guang1

疑是地上霜

yi2 shi4 di4 shang4 shuang1

举头望明月

ju3 tou2 wang4 ming2 yue4

低头思故乡

di1 tou2 si1 gu4 xiang1