Li Po: In the Quiet Night

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In the Quiet Night

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by Li Po
(701 - 762) Timeline

English version by
Vikram Seth

Original Language
Chinese

Taoist

8th Century

The floor before my bed is bright:
Moonlight - like hoarfrost - in my room.
I lift my head and watch the moon.
I drop my head and think of home.

-- from Three Chinese Poets: Translations of Poems by Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu, Translated by Vikram Seth

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Themes

Moon

Night

Sexual Union

Silence

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