Looking at the Moon After Rain - Li Po

[Larry Robinson]

Looking at the Moon After Rain


The heavy clouds are broken and blowing,
And once more I can see the wide common stretching beyond the four sides of the city.
Open the door. Half of the moon-toad is already up,
The glimmer of it is like smooth hoar-frost spreading over ten thousand *li* .
The river is a flat, shining chain.
The moon, rising, is a white eye to the hills;
After it has risen, it is the bright heart of the sea.
Because I love it—so—round as a fan,
I hum songs until the dawn.

	- Li Po (701-762)
	

Translated by Florence Ayscough