The Summit Temple, by Li Bai
Tonight I stay at the Summit Temple.
Here I could pluck the stars with my hand,
I dare not spe...
Poems by Li Bai
Three with the Moon and His Shadow, by Li Bai
With a jar of wine I sit by the flowering trees.
I drink alone, and where are my friends?
Ah, ...
To His Friend Departing for Shuh, by Li Bai
I hear the Tsang-tsung road
Is rough and rugged, and hard to travel.
It is so steep that the m...
To His Three Friends, by Li Bai
When the hunter sets traps only for rabbits,
Tigers and dragons are left uncaught.
Even so, m...
To His Two Children, by Li Bai
In the land of Wu the mulberry leaves are green,
And thrice the silkworms have gone to sleep.
...
The Women of Yueh, by Li Bai
I She is a southern girl of Chang-kan Town;
Her face is prettier than star or moon,
And whit...
The Yo-Mei Mountain Moon, by Li Bai
The autumn moon is half round above the Yo-mei Mountain;
Its pale light falls in and flows with...
His Dream of the Sky-Land, by Li Bai
The sea-farers tell of the Eastern Isle of Bliss,
It is lost in a wilderness of misty sea waves...
By the Great Wall, by Li Bai
I Came the barbarian horde with the autumn;
Out went the imperial army from the House of Han....
The Ching-Ting Mountain, by Li Bai
Flocks of birds have flown high and away;
A solitary drift of cloud, too, has gone, wanderin...
Chuang Chou and the Butterfly, by Li Bai
Chuang Chou in dream became a butterfly,
And the butterfly became Chuang Chou at waking.
Which...
Clearing at Dawn, by Li Bai
The fields are chill; the sparse rain has stopped;
The colors of Spring teem on every side.
Wi...
The Crows at Nightfall, by Li Bai
In the twilight of yellow clouds
The crows seek their nests by the city wall.
The crows are fly...
An Encounter in the Field, by Li Bai
Came an amorous rider,
Trampling the fallen flowers of the road.
The dangling end of his crop
...
An Exhortation, by Li Bai
Do you not see the waters of the Yellow River
Come flowing from the sky?
The swift stream pours...