Li Yu (Southern Tang)
My dreaming soul last night was king again.
Li Yu (Chinese: 李煜; c. 937 – 15 August 978) was the last ruler of the Southern Tang state.
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Quotes
[edit]- 多少恨，昨夜梦魂中。还似旧时游上苑，车如流水马如龙。花月正春风。
- Immeasurable pain!
My dreaming soul last night was king again.
As in past days
I wandered through the Palace of Delight,
And in my dream
Down grassy garden-ways
Glided my chariot, smoother than a summer stream;
There was moonlight,
The trees were blossoming,
And a faint wind softened the air of night,
For it was spring.- 《望江南》 ("Immeasurable Pain"), as translated by Arthur Waley in The Temple (1923), p. 144
- Immeasurable pain!
