Original Text
玉阶生白露,夜久侵罗袜。
却下水晶帘,玲珑望秋月。
Annotated
Translation
Translation by David Hinton,
from Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology
Night long on the jade staircase, white
dew appears, soaks through gauze stockings.
She lets down crystalline blinds, gazes out
through jewel lacework at the autumn moon.