中庭月夜近三更，

宿鳥啾啾樹上鳴。

料是嫦娥嫌闃寂，

邀聽雀語故鄉聲。

Mid-autumn Night by Chao Menggang

Nigh midnight, the moonlit patio so bright,

Where in trees birds warble, though out of sight.

It must be the lonely Chang’e, I deem,

Who begs the local birds to sing tonight.

Tr. Ziyuzile