楓橋夜泊
Night Mooring at Maple Bridge
Zhang Ji 張繼 (c. 712–c. 779)
Sui–Tang · mid-8th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001044 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001044
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died around 779. 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/楓橋夜泊 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/zhang-ji-night-mooring-at-maple-bridge

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月落烏啼霜滿天，江楓漁火對愁眠。
姑蘇城外寒山寺，夜半鐘聲到客船。

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月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。
姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The moon is setting, crows caw, frost fills the sky;
river maples and fishing lights keep my troubled sleep company.
Outside the walls of Gusu, from Cold Mountain Temple,
the midnight bell reaches the traveller's boat.