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In the Quiet Night

(Poem from Tang Dynasty, Translated by Witter Bynnerd)
Performed by Zhen Li

English Translation

In The Quiet Night
(Poem from Tang Dynasty, Translated by Witter Bynnerd)

So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed-----
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.

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