Silver candle
- Poetry of Yang Shen

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Silver candle by Yang Shen
中文原文

银烛。银烛。锦帐罗帏影独。离人无语消魂。

细雨斜风掩门。门掩，门掩，数尽寒城更点。

English Translation

Silver candle,silver candle.

I'm lonely in the bedroom,

saddest love is soundless.

Here i listen to the rain and wind squall,

close the door,but i just couldn't close the yearning to you.

Yang Shen:杨慎(AD1488-1559),a poet in Ming dynasty.

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