Hanpu Li 李函璞

To the tune of Linjiangxian

Ci

First written

《臨江仙》

簾影幾宵長共話,露痕初濕闌干。 言猶未了息先安。 夢深渾不覺,月上夜將殘。 他日重簾垂到地,垂來一似從前。 手臨燈畔數迴旋。 明朝風或緊,窗且掩周全。

To the tune of Linjiangxian

Shadow of the curtain, several nights of long talk; the first dew wetting the rail. The words not finished — the breathing settled first. Deep in dream, knowing nothing; the moon up, the night nearly gone. Some other day the heavy curtain will fall to the floor, fall exactly as it did before. A hand beside the lamp, turning a few times. Tomorrow the wind may blow hard; for now, shut the window well.