夜雪
Night Snow
Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846)
Sui–Tang · c. 815

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001047 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001047
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 846. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/夜雪 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/bai-juyi-night-snow

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已訝衾枕冷，復見窗戶明。
夜深知雪重，時聞折竹聲。

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已讶衾枕冷，复见窗户明。
夜深知雪重，时闻折竹声。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Already surprised that my quilt and pillow are cold,
I see the window has turned bright.
Deep in the night I know the snow is heavy:
now and then I hear the bamboo snap.