Yuan Mu: In The Deep Of The Night The Watchman's Hand-Drum Sounds In Haste袁枚 沉沉更鼓急 漸漸人聲絕 Poem by Frank Yue

The Fifteenth Night of the Twelfth Month
-by Yuan Mu (1716-1797)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

In the deep of the night
The watchman's hand-drum sounds in haste;
By and by, pillow-talks put to flight.
Blowing out my lamp,
More brilliant seem the windows all -
For, lights up, the Moon bright
The whole skies from which white snows did fall.


(20116.04.)

《十二月十五夜》 清·袁枚

沉沉更鼓急， 漸漸人聲絕。
吹燈窗更明， 月照一天雪(白) 。

沉沉更鼓急，渐渐人声绝。
吹灯窗更明，月照一天雪(白) 。


金弓译文:
沉悶的更鼓聲陣陣傳來，喧嘩的人聲漸漸消失；

我吹燈上床，但見窗外更明亮，皓月高照，滿天飄雪。

風雲雷電:
... "下了一整天雪，在夜間，雪停了，皓月當空，雪月互相輝映。"