Will a moon so bright ever arise again? <br />Drink a cupful of wine and ask of the sky. <br />I don't know where the palace gate of heaven is, <br />Or even the year in which tonight slips by. <br />I want to return riding the whirl-wind! But I <br />Feel afraid that this heaven of jasper and jade <br />Lets in the cold, its palaces rear so high. <br />I shall get up and dance with my own shadow. <br />From life endured among men how far a cry! <br /> <br />Round the red pavilion <br />Slanting through the lattices <br />Onto every wakeful eye, <br />Moon, why should you bear a grudge, O why <br />Insist in time of separation so th fill the sky? <br />Men know joy and sorow, parting and reunion; <br />The moon lacks lustre, brightly shines; is al, is less. <br />Perfection was never easily come by. <br />Though miles apart, could men but live for ever <br />Dreaming they shared this moonlight endlessly!<br /><br />Su Tung-po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shui-tiao-ko-tou/
