Notes

1. Quiet Night Thoughts: thoughts caused by quiet nights.

2. Suspicious: doubt, think.

3. Raise your head: raise your head. Explanation of words

Jingyesi: homesickness caused by a quiet night.

Doubt: It seems. Think.

Lift: lift, raise.

Appreciation of famous lines - "Look up at the bright moon, lower your head and miss your hometown."

This poem is a famous poem that has been recited through the ages. The plain and simple language vividly expresses the wanderer's homesickness. The whole poem only has 20 words, and it has already written the wanderer's deep longing for his hometown from the description of time, environment, atmosphere and the subtle movements of the characters. The language is clear, the phonology is fluent and natural, and it seems to come at your fingertips effortlessly, but it is implicit, deep and thought-provoking.

Translation

Sitting on the well bed, watching the bright moon in the sky, the moonlight shining on the ground is like layers of white frost.

Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, I couldn't help but lower my head and think about it, missing my hometown even more.