作者：李颀

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月照城头乌半飞，霜凄万树风入衣。

铜炉华烛烛增辉，初弹《渌水》后《楚妃》。

一声已动物皆静，四座无言星欲稀。

清淮奉使千余里，敢告云山从此始。

Song of the Zither

Li Qi

The host invites his guests to drink his happy wine,

And asks the zitherist to play a melody fine.

The moon shines on town walls and startles half the crows,

All the frost-bitten trees shiver when the wind blows.

The bronze censer appears brighter in candlelight,

The zitherist plays Green Waves and the Princess Bright.

When the music begins, silence reigns in the hall;

Fascinated by the song, shivering stars would fall.

The Northern messenger comes from so far away,

He seems to know the beauty of cloud since today.