Share this postTang Poetry A Still Night (Li Bai)Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreA Still Night (Li Bai)Perhaps the best-known poem in the worldPhil HApr 10, 20226Share this postTang Poetry A Still Night (Li Bai)Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore21Share李白 静夜思床前明月光，疑是地上霜。举头望明月，低头思故乡。A Still NightLi BaiMoonlight's glossBy my bedLooks like frostOn the groundLonely moonRaise my headDream of homeSink back downPreviousNext
I'd never grasped that 低头思故乡 suggests falling back to sleep! Seems so obvious now.