Li Po: Quiet Thoughts, Late

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Quiet Thoughts, Late

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by Li Po
(701 - 762) Timeline

English version by
Doug Westendorp

Original Language
Chinese

Taoist

8th Century

Lying in bed I almost mistake
moonlight on the floor for frost.

Looking up I see the cold light,
looking down I see only home.

from Bamboo Cottage: Poems and Translations, by Doug Westendorp

Themes

Moon

Sexual Union

Silence

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