长相思（之一）

李白

长相思， 在长安。

络纬秋啼金井阑， 微霜凄凄簟色寒。

孤灯不明思欲绝， 卷帷望月空长叹。

美人如花隔云端， 上有青冥之长天，

下有渌水之波澜。

天长路远魂飞苦， 梦魂不到关山难。

长相思， 摧心肝。

ENDLESS YEARNING¹ I

Li Bai

"I am endlessly yearning

To be in Changan.

...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;

A thin frost glistens² like little mirrors on my cold mat;

The high lantern flickers³; and. deeper grows my longing⁴.

I lift the shade and, with many a sigh, gaze upon the moon,

Single as a flower, centred from the clouds.

Above, I see the blueness and deepness of sky.

Below, I see the greenness and the restlessness of water....

Heaven is high, earth wide; bitter between them flies my sorrow.

Can I dream through the gateway⁵, over the mountain?

Endless longing

Breaks my heart."