Three hundred English translations of Tang poems by Li Shangyin: Cicada

Eight-sentence five-character verse

Li shangyin

cicada

The pure heart is hungry because of this, and you sing in vain all night.

Oh, this last broken breath, in the green indifferent trees! .

Yes, I am like a driftwood. I have made my garden full of weeds.

I thank you for your sincere advice and live a pure life like you.

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classical poem with eight five-character lines

Li shangyin

A cicada

A pure heart, so hungry,

You sang in vain all night—

Oh, this last broken breath

In the green and indifferent trees!

Yes, I disappeared like a driftwood,

I made my garden full of weeds ...

I appreciate your sincere advice.

A pure life like yours.