旅夜書懷
Writing My Thoughts on a Night Journey
Du Fu 杜甫 (712–770)
Sui–Tang · 765

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001038 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001038
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 770. 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/旅夜書懷 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/du-fu-night-thoughts-while-travelling

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細草微風岸，
危檣獨夜舟。
星垂平野闊，
月湧大江流。
名豈文章著，
官應老病休。
飄飄何所似？
天地一沙鷗。

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细草微风岸，
危樯独夜舟。
星垂平野阔，
月涌大江流。
名岂文章著，
官应老病休。
飘飘何所似？
天地一沙鸥。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Fine grass, a light wind on the bank;
the tall mast, the boat alone at night.
Stars hang low over the wide plain;
the moon surges in the great river's flow.
Will my writing make my name? Hardly.
An old, sick man should leave his office.
Drifting, drifting, what am I like?
A single gull between heaven and earth.