by Li Shangyin (c813 - c858)
夜雨寄北
Language: Chinese (中文)
君問歸期未有期， 巴山夜雨漲秋池。 何當共剪西窗燭， 卻話巴山夜雨時。
Text Authorship:
- by Li Shangyin (c813 - c858), "夜雨寄北" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 ; composed by John Beckwith.
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