床前明月光，疑是地上霜。
举头望明月，低头思故乡。

A Tranquil Night 


Abed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if It’s frost around.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.


（许渊冲 译 1984）
 
A Tranquil Night
 
Before my bed a pool of light.
Can it be hoarfrost on the ground?
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
 
（许渊冲 译 2004）
 
Thoughts on a Tranquil Night
 
Before my bed a pool of light—
Can it be hoar-frost on the ground?
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
 
（许渊冲 译 2005）
 
Thoughts on a Tranquil Night
 
Before my bed a pool of light—
O can it be hoar-frost on the ground?
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
 
Notes: Seeing a pool of moonlight, the poet is drowned in the pond of homesickness.
 
（许渊冲 译 2006）