旅宿 A Night at a Tavern

杜牧 Du Mu

旅馆无良伴，

Solitary at the tavern,

lǚ guǎn wú liáng bàn ，

凝情自悄然。

I am shut in with loneliness and grief.

níng qíng zì qiāo rán 。

寒灯思旧事，

Under the cold lamp, I brood on the past;

hán dēng sī jiù shì ，

断雁警愁眠。

I am kept awake by a lost wildgoose.

duàn yàn jǐng chóu mián 。

远梦归侵晓，

...Roused at dawn from a misty dream,

yuǎn mèng guī qīn xiǎo ，

家书到隔年。

I read, a year late, news from home –

jiā shū dào gé nián 。

沧江好烟月，

And I remember the moon like smoke on the river

cāng jiāng hǎo yān yuè ，

门系钓鱼船。

And a fisher-boat moored there, under my door.

mén xì diào yú chuán 。

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