Nature

Moon Night

by Tu Fu 712–770

Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)

Nature

To-night--the moon at Fu Chou.
In the centre of the Women's Apartments
There is only one to look at it.
I am far away, but I love my little son, my daughter.
They cannot understand and think of Ch'ang An.
The sweet-smelling mist makes the cloud head-dress damp,
The jade arm must be chilly
In this clear, glorious shining.
When shall I lean on the lonely screen?
When shall we both be shone upon, and the scars of tears be dry?

MLA

Fu, Tu. “Moon Night.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/28/.

Chicago

Fu, Tu. “Moon Night.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tu-fu/28/.

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