Chinese, Chinese (Classical Chinese)
独上西楼
English translation
Solitary, I Ascend the Western Tower
无言独上西楼,
Silently, solitary I ascend the western tower,
月如钩,
The moon appears like a hook,
寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋。
The lone parasol tree locks the clear autumn in the deep courtyard.
*剪不断,
*What cannot be cut,
是离愁,
Is the sorrow of separation:
别是一般滋味在心头。
Nothing tastes like that to the heart.