望月
十五冰轮十六悬，盈亏只应转眸间。
床前霜色添阶冷，月转金镜照长轩。
桂影飘移筛碎玉，星垂平野枕风眠。
嫦娥捣药寒宫静，吴刚斧落桂香漫。
朔夜苍穹垂玄幕，新魄蛾眉挂暮山。
圆缺本是天之道，何须凡眼辨倒颠？
朝暮盈亏皆有数，清辉无语自循环。
老荷荣枯随逝水，人生聚散往复还。

Gazing at the Moon

On the fifteenth, a wheel of jade hangs high;
By the sixteenth, its phase shifts in an eye.
Frost-glow by my bed chills the marble stair,
The moon turns her golden mirror down the long corridor.

Cassia shadows sway, sifting shards of light;
Stars lean low o’er fields, we pillow on the wind.
Chang’e pounds herbs in silence, the cold palace still;
Wu Gang’s ax falls, cassia fragrance drifts afar.

On moonless night, dark curtains drape the sky;
A newborn crescent hangs above the dusk-bound hill.
Wax and wane follow heaven’s way—
Why judge “loss” or “gain” with mortal sight?

Dawn and dusk, ebb and flow, all by law abide;
Wordless, clear light cycles on its eternal round.
Lotus blooms wither, swept by flowing waters;
Meetings and partings revolve in human world.