Listening To Lu Tzu-hsün Play The Ch’in On A Moonlit Night by Li Po (Li Bai)

zdunno03's avatarLeonard Durso

The night’s lazy, the moon bright. Sitting
here, a recluse plays his pale white ch’in,

and suddenly, as if cold pines were singing,
it’s all those harmonies of grieving wind.

Intricate fingers flurries of white snow,
empty thoughts emerald-water clarities:

No one understands now. Those who could
hear a song this deeply vanished long ago.

translated by David Hinton

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