by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

冬歌
Language: Chinese (中文) 
明朝驛使發，
一夜絮征袍。
素手抽鍼冷，
那堪把剪刀！
裁縫寄遠道，
幾日到臨洮？

The following Cantonese transliteration uses the Jyutping system outlined by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.

Title: Dung1 go1
Ming4 ziu1 jik6 si3 faat3,
Jat1 je6 seoi5 zing1 pou4.
sou3 sau2 cau1 zam1 laang5,
naa5 ham1 baa2 zin2 dou1!
coi4 fung6 gei3 jyun5 dou6,
gei2 jat6 dou3 lam4 tou4?

The following Mandarin transliteration conforms to the Pinyin romanization rules drafted by Mainland China.

Title: Dōng gē
Míng zhāo yì shǐ fā,
Yī yè xù zhēng páo.
Sù shǒu chōu zhēn lěng,
Nǎ kān bǎ jiǎndāo!
Cái féng jì yuǎn dào,
Jǐ rì dào Línyáo?

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  • Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) , first published 1922 ; composed by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir.

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