《沈子琪祝中秋》

好月当中秋，一轮海角升

千里思故人，执手泪盈盈

何年此好月，何人初照明

我今寄远方，天涯惆怅人

2008年9月12日 沈子琪写于京华

happy mid-autumn festival

the festive bright full moon is rising above the sea

in tears i yearn for my old acquaintance far far away

when and upon whom did the luminous moon shine?

now i’d send it to the distant wistful acquaintance of mine

by SHEN Ziqi

in Jinghua on Sept. 12, 2008

trans. by ZHANG Junfeng