Chinese poems · 张继 Zhang Ji · Tang dynasty
枫桥夜泊 Night Mooring at Maple Bridge
A traveller who can’t sleep on a boat outside Suzhou, frost in the air, and the midnight bell of Hanshan Temple reaching him across the water.
月落乌啼霜满天，
The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky;
江枫渔火对愁眠。
river maples and fishing lights face my sleepless sorrow.
姑苏城外寒山寺，
Outside the city of Gusu, from Hanshan Temple,
夜半钟声到客船。
the midnight bell reaches the traveller’s boat.
What does 枫桥夜泊 mean?
枫桥夜泊 is “Night Mooring at Maple Bridge”. A traveller who can’t sleep on a boat outside Suzhou, frost in the air, and the midnight bell of Hanshan Temple reaching him across the water.
What is the pinyin of 枫桥夜泊?
yuè luò wū tí shuāng mǎn tiān / jiāng fēng yú huǒ duì chóu mián / gū sū chéng wài hán shān sì / yè bàn zhōng shēng dào kè chuán.
Who wrote 枫桥夜泊?
Zhang Ji (张继), a poet of the Tang dynasty.
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