by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

古朗月行
Language: Chinese (中文) 
小時不識月，
呼作白玉盤。
又疑瑤臺鏡，
飛在白雲端。
仙人垂兩足，
桂樹作團團。
白兔擣藥成，
問言與誰餐。
蟾蜍蝕圓影，
大明夜已殘。
羿昔落九烏，
天人清且安。
陰精此淪惑，
去去不足觀。
憂來其如何，
悽愴摧心肝。

Confirmed with Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems), Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985.


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