旅   夜  书   怀 lǚ    yè  shū  huái journey night writing think Thinking About My Writing on a Night Journey 杜 甫 dù  fǔ Du Fu 细    草    微    风    岸, xì    cǎo   wēi  fēng  àn, slender grass/reeds tiny/faint wind bank, Slender reeds and a faint breeze along the banks, 危     樯     独     夜     舟. wēi qiáng   dú     yè    zhōu. danger mast alone night boat. a boat with a high mast alone in the night.  星    垂    平    野    阔, xīng chuí píng   yě    kuò, star bend down flat field wide, The stars bend down over the flat, wide field,  月    涌    大    江    流. yuè yǒng   dà  jiāng  liú. moon rush forth big river flow. the moon rises over the big flowing river.   名     岂     文     章     著, míng    qǐ   wén  zhāng  zhù, famous how literary works write, How am I famous for my literary works?  官    因    老    病    休. guān yīn    lǎo  bìng  xiū. official cause old illness rest. I am retired because I am old and sick.   飘    飘    何    所    似 piāo  piāo   hé   suǒ     sì floating floating what actually resemble Floating, floating, what I actually resemble is  天    地    一    沙    鸥. tiān    dì     yī    shā    ōu. sky earth one raspy gull. a raspy gull between heaven and earth.
	—Translated by Louis Martin