Tang dynasty · Curated reading guide

静夜思

Quiet Night Thoughts

李白 / Li Bai

English reading guide

Moonlight shines before my bed. I wonder if it is frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, then lower it and think of home.

原文与拼音 / Original with pinyin

床前明月光

chuang2 qian2 ming2 yue4 guang1

疑是地上霜

yi2 shi4 di4 shang4 shuang1

举头望明月

ju3 tou2 wang4 ming2 yue4

低头思故乡

di1 tou2 si1 gu4 xiang1