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静夜思(李白)

静夜思(李白)

Quiet Night Thoughts

Level 5 · Classical Poetry · 古诗词 · 31 vocabulary words

Source: 李白《静夜思》 · Li Bai, Quiet Night Thoughts

床chuáng前qián明míng月光yuè guāng,疑yí是shì地上dì shang霜shuāng。

Before my bed, bright moonlight, I take it for frost on the ground.

举jǔ头tóu望wàng明míng月yuè,低头dī tóu思sī故乡gù xiāng。

I raise my head to the bright moon; I lower it and think of home.

李lǐ白bái望wàng着zhe月亮yuè liang,想起xiǎng qǐ了le远方yuǎn fāng的de家乡jiā xiāng,中国人Zhōng guó rén心里xīn li,月亮yuè liang和hé思sī乡xiāng是shì连lián在zài一起yì qǐ的de。

Moonlight made Li Bai think of home, in Chinese hearts the moon and homesickness are one.

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