Duan Ju's original text
Li Shangyin [Tang Dynasty]
Returning to dreams from distant books has been a long time, and there is only an empty bed against Su Qiu.
The moss and mangroves under the steps are sparse in the rain and melancholy in the moonlight.
Translation:
I hope that my wife will not come from far away, and I will not be able to find the comfort of returning to my dream. Both are leisurely, only the empty bed and the lonely and cold Suo Qiu face each other silently.
The moss under the steps and the leaves in the garden stained red by autumn frost, under the misty autumn rain and the cold clear moon, more and more evoked my long-lasting melancholy.
Notes:
Duanju: Living leisurely.
Suqiu: the synonym for autumn.
Extended information:
Li Shangyin
Li Shangyin (about 813-about 858), also known as Yishan, also known as Yuxisheng and Fan Nansheng, was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home is Qinyang, Hanoi (now Jiaozuo City, Henan Province), and he was born in Rongyang, Zhengzhou. He is good at poetry writing, and his parallel prose is also of high literary value. He is one of the most outstanding poets in the late Tang Dynasty. Together with Du Mu, he is known as "Xiao Li Du", and with Wen Tingyun, he is known as "Wen Li". Cheng Shi and Wen Tingyun have similar styles, and they are all ranked sixteenth in their families, so they are called the "Thirty-Sixth Body".