Last Night The Wind And Rain Together Blew (Crows Crying At Night) A Chinese Poem Of Li Yu In Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Last night the rain came with winds
the crows cried
curtains on windows rustled
singing their spring songs
the candle died
the water-clock stopped
I got up and sat thinking
Restless all night
I could not sleep

Our affairs are like running rivers
our life, floating dreams
I should drink more often
in the country taverns
I could die otherwise.

=Rendered from a literal translation on the web pages

Last night wind together rain
Curtain curtain sough autumn song
Candle die water-clock exhausted often oh
Rise sit not able calm
Human affairs everywhere like flow water
Consider come a dream float life
Drunk country road sure should often go
This outside not able continue