Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Bingchen the mid - autumn festival, the happy drink until the next morning, drunk, wrote this word, and miss the brother su zhe.
When did the moon begin to appear? I fetch the wine glass from afar. I do not know the palace in heaven, and what month and when. I would like to take the royal breeze back to the sky, and I am afraid that in the buildings of fine jade, it cannot withstand the cold of nine days. Dance to find out what shadows are like on earth. (what is it like: when; Fear another work: only/fear)
The moon turned scarlet pavilion, hung low on the carved windows, according to the sleepy self. The moon should not have any resentment against people, why is it that the people are only round when they leave? Men have sorrow and joy and they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines and it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the old days. I hope people will live for a long time, and they will be beautiful for thousands of miles. (Long-term work: bias)
Translation:
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in the year of Bing Chen (AD 1076), I drank happily until dawn, got drunk, wrote this word, and also missed my brother Su Zhe.
When did the bright moon begin to exist? I took my glass and asked the sky from afar. I don't know the palace in the sky. What year is tonight? I want to go back to the sky with the wind and have a look, but I'm worried that the buildings made of beautiful jade are too high for me to stand the cold. Get up and dance and enjoy your clear shadow in the moonlight. The Moon Palace is nothing like being on earth.
The moon moved, turned the scarlet pavilion, hung low on the carved window, and shone on people who were not sleepy. The bright moon shouldn't have any resentment towards people, but why is it always round when people leave? People have changes in joys and sorrows, and the moon has a change from sunny to sunny, which has been difficult to be comprehensive since ancient times. I hope people can stay together for a long time, even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can enjoy this beautiful moon together.
2. Yangguanqu Mid-Autumn Moon
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
The twilight clouds are overflowing and cold, and the silver man turns to the jade plate silently.
This life is not a good night, where to see the bright moon next year.
Translation:
As night falls, the clouds are exhausted, the world is full of cold, the milky way is silent, and the bright moon turns to the sky, as white as a jade plate.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival night in my life, the moonlight is mostly covered by clouds, and I rarely encounter such beautiful scenery as today. It's really rare! But where will I watch the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival next year?
3. Nian Nujiao Mid-Autumn Festival
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Looking far from the sky, you can see Wan Li in the sky, and there is no trace of clouds. The osmanthus flies, where the light shines, and the autumn is cool for a day. Yuyu Qionglou, coming and going by Luan, people are in the cool country. The mountains and rivers are picturesque, and the smoke trees are vivid.
I clapped my hands and sang wildly, raised a glass to invite the moon, and became three guests. Dancing and wandering in the wind, I don't know what night it is. I want to ride the wind and turn back, so I don't need to ride Pengyi. In the Crystal Palace, the flute was blown off with a loud sound.
Translation:
Being in a high-rise building, the moonlit night in Mid-Autumn Festival makes the sky in Wan Li cloudless, which is even more boundless. The moon shines down from the sky, so that the blue sky in autumn is immersed in a cold. On the jade palace in Qionglou, the fairies come and go freely by husband and wife. I yearn for the purity and freedom in the moon palace, and the beautiful mountains and rivers are as beautiful as pictures. Looking at the past, in the hazy moonlight, the trees are swaying.
Now I take the bright moon in the sky and my own shadow around me as intimate friends and dance with him. I hope to spend such a good night happily, invite the moon to feast my eyes and drown my sorrows with wine, but my sorrow is still there. Don't live up to this beautiful scenery. At this moment, only the moon is my bosom friend. I am eager to go home by the wind. In the clear moon palace, I will blow the flute across the sky to arouse people's pursuit and yearning for a better realm.
4. "Looking at the Moon in the Pavilion on the Night of August 15th"
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
Last year, on the night of August 15th, beside the apricot garden by Qujiang Pool.
On the night of August 15th this year, in front of Songpu Shatou Water Hall.
Where is the hometown in the northwest, and the moon is round in the southeast.
Yesterday, the wind blew, and no one would meet. Tonight, the light is as clear as in previous years.
Translation:
Last year, on the night of August 15th, I celebrated the festival in the apricot garden beside Qujiang Pool in Beijing.
The night of August 15th this year, however, was spent in front of the demoted Songpu Shatou Water Hall.
Looking to the northwest, I can't see my hometown. People see the moon full several times in the southeast.
Yesterday's autumn wind blew past this bleak autumn, and tonight's clear moonlight is still as before.
5. "Two Mid-Autumn Moon Poems, Part Two"
Tang Dynasty: Li Qiao
The round spirit is cold and empty, and all the words are the same.
Know that thousands of miles away, there is no rain and wind?
Translation:
A bright moon rises in the night sky, and it is said that every place is the same moonlight.
Who knows that thousands of miles away, there is no storm?