琴歌
李颀
主人有酒欢今夕，请奏鸣琴广陵客。
月照城头乌半飞，霜凄万木风入衣。
铜炉华烛烛增辉，初弹渌水后楚妃。
一声已动物皆静，四座无言星欲稀。
清淮奉使千余里，敢告云山从此始。
The Force of Music
Li Qi
The host entertains his guests with wine for the night.
A Qin player is asked to play with all his might.
Crows fly low o’er the city walls bathed in moonlight.
Winds pierce clothes and frost makes all trees a sad sight.
Stuck in a brass vessel， festive candles bright shine.
He plays the Lu River， then the Chu Concubine.
At his first plucking， all things come to a standstill.
All men there keep quiet and fewer stars the sky fill.
I’m commissioned the far-off Huai River to clear.
Let me vow to clouds and hills： here starts my career.