qiū yè jì qiū yuán wài (by Wei Yingwu)
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| 秋 | qiū | autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing |
| 夜 | yè | night |
| 寄 | jì | lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend |
| 邱 | qiū | (surname); mound |
| 員 or 员 | yuán | person; employee; member |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 懷 or 怀 | huái | to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom |
| 君 | jūn | monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler |
| 屬 or 属 | shǔ, zhǔ | category; class; family; to belong to; enjoin |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing |
| 夜 | yè | night |
| 散 | sǎn, sàn | leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose; adjourn; scatter |
| 步 | bù | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process |
| 詠 or 咏 | yǒng | sing |
| 涼 or 凉 | liáng | cool; cold |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 空 | kōng, kòng | air; sky; empty; in vain; emptied; leisure |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill |
| 松 | sōng | loose; pine |
| 子 | zǐ, zi | 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; 1st earthly branch; child; midnight; son; child; seed; egg; small thing; (noun suff.) |
| 落 | là, lào, luò | alight; to fall; to drop (behind); alight; to fall; drop; leave behind |
| 幽 | yōu | quiet; secluded |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people |
| 應 or 应 | yīng, yìng | (surname); to answer; to respond; ought |
| 未 | wèi | 1-3 p.m.; 8th earthly branch; not yet; did not; have not; not |
| 眠 | mián | sleep |
Mr Qiu the diplomat dreams of autumn nights
The diplmat dreams dreams of the autumn nights
A leisurely stroll in the chilly air (humming)
The mountain air at midnight
The quit man ought not sleep.
LJW
Away from home on an autumn night
Gentlemen think of their families on autumn nights
Walking slowly in the cold air, singing
Midnight drops languidly behind the hill
I ought to sleep, yet cannot
SMS
An autumn evening with Postman Qiu
He likes to think of himself as upper class.
But see how he staggers in the cold evening air while singing!
He got lost in Shansong at midnight,
and was found in a quiet spot, sound asleep, at 2pm.
MAW
The foreigners stand on a mound in the autumn night
They cherish the ruling families in the autumn night
and walk gently, singing in the cool days.Although it is midnight in the pine-covered hills,
the quiet people have not slept.IW
A message from an outcast on an autumn night
I think not of the nobles on the autumn night
I take my ease singing as I walk in the cold night
at midnight on the hill among the pine treesI am alone, and then sleep until the afternoon
CMW
On automn nights, the courtiers of Qiu are outside
The courtiers enjoy autumn nights—
leisurely walks, and singing under the cold nights' skies,
bare hills, falling pine cones.Even reclusive men should not be sleeping.
DJW