Cui Hui: In The Gloomy City Solemn 崔護 黯黯嚴城罷鼓鼙 數聲相續出寒棲 Poem by Frank Yue

"The Night Cock"
- Cui Hui (Tang Dynasty)
- Translated by Frank C Yue

In the gloomy city solemn,
After sounds of the night watch signal and drum,
Strutting out of his abode
The cock crows several times in the cold.

People awakened from their dreams deep,
But none's angry disturbed in their sleep;
They're concerned if the cries at midnight
Came from a house slave treated with spite.

"晚雞" 唐崔護

黯黯嚴城罷鼓鼙， 數聲相續出寒棲。
不嫌驚破紗窗夢， 卻恐爲奴半夜啼。