凉思

李商隐

客去波平槛， 蝉休露满枝。

永怀当此节， 倚立自移时。

北斗兼春远， 南陵寓使迟。

天涯占梦数， 疑误有新知。

THOUGHTS IN THE COLD

Li Shangyin

You are gone. The river is high at my door.

Cicadas are mute¹ on dew-laden boughs².

This is a moment when thoughts enter deep.

I stand alone for a long while.

...The North Star is nearer to me now than spring,

And couriers from your southland never arrive --

Yet I doubt my dream on the far horizon

That you have found another friend.