Quiet Thoughts, Late

by Li Bai

English version by Doug Westendorp
Original Language Chinese

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

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