by Meng Haoran (689 - 740)

夏日南亭懷辛大
Language: Chinese (中文) 
山光忽西落，
池月漸東上。
散發乘夕涼，
開軒臥閒敞。
荷風送香氣，
竹露滴清響。
欲取鳴琴彈，
恨無知音賞。
感此懷故人，
中霄勞夢想。

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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