移舟泊烟渚
I move my boat to moor beside a misty islet;
日暮客愁新
At dusk a traveler’s sorrow rises anew.
野旷天低树
The open plain makes the sky seem lower than the trees;
江清月近人
The clear river brings the moon close to me.
What the poem means
The boat rests beside a misty islet as dusk deepens and the traveler's sadness returns. In the open land the sky seems low, while the moon reflected in the river feels close.
Meet the poet
Meng Haoran was a Tang poet whose landscape poems notice nature and everyday feeling.
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