Autumn moon by Li Bai

OngSchanTchowPineInMoonlight

Autumn moon
by Li Bai
Translated by Ezra Pound
The jeweled steps are already quite white with dew,
It is so late the dew soaks my gauze stockings,
And I let down the crystal curtain
And watch the moon through the clear autumn

PAINTING: “Pine in moonlight” by Ong Schan Tchow.

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