(五首選一)
(One of Five Poems)
南湖秋水夜無煙,
耐可乘流直上天?
Vaporless is the Southern Lake on autumn night. Could we be borne to Heaven by the rising tide?
且就洞庭賒月色,
將船買酒白雲邊。
If we could borrow from Lake Dongting the moonlight To guide us skyward, we’d drink with clouds by our side.