by Su-Tung-Po (1037 - 1101)
Translation by Richard Wilhelm (1873 - 1930)

春夜
Language: Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG ENG
春宵一刻值千金，
花有清香月有陰。

歌管樓臺聲細細，
鞦韆院落夜沈沈。

Confirmed with Wang Shihou 王世厚 and Zhang Houhou 張弘泓 (eds.). Quan Song shi 全宋詩 (Complete Song Poems), Beijing daxue guwenxian yanjiu suo Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1998.


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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Spring Night", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Liang (梁 亦为)) , "Spring Night", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Ryan Xie) , "Spring Nights", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Alfred Henschke) , "Die Schaukel", appears in Das Blumenschiff, first published 1921


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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Ein jeder Augenblick der Frühlingsnacht
Ist viele tausend Silberstücke wert.
Die Blumen atmen reinen Wohlgeruch,
Der Mond wirft seine Schatten rings umher.

Gesang und Flötenspiel tönt vom Balkone,
Leis ziehn die Töne durch die weite Ruh.
Im Garten steht die Schaukel einsam da,
Es sinkt die Nacht den Morgenstunden zu.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 54