Chinese poems · 李白 Li Bai · Tang dynasty
静夜思 Quiet Night Thoughts
The first poem nearly every Chinese child learns: moonlight on the floor of a room far from home, and the homesickness it brings. Twenty characters, almost all of them everyday words.
床前明月光，
Before my bed, the bright moonlight;
疑是地上霜。
I take it for frost on the ground.
举头望明月，
I raise my head and gaze at the bright moon,
低头思故乡。
lower it, and think of home.
What does 静夜思 mean?
静夜思 is “Quiet Night Thoughts”. The first poem nearly every Chinese child learns: moonlight on the floor of a room far from home, and the homesickness it brings. Twenty characters, almost all of them everyday words.
What is the pinyin of 静夜思?
chuáng qián míng yuè guāng / yí shì dì shàng shuāng / jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè / dī tóu sī gù xiāng.
Who wrote 静夜思?
Li Bai (李白), a poet of the Tang dynasty.
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Poems over a thousand years old; the English and pinyin are ours, the pinyin as Chinese schools teach it.