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