鐔津文集 18.41

18.41

戰退睡魔重酌茗。再披文卷眩生花。喜逢長夜身雖健。勉和新詩興未佳。風細猿聲清似梵。月明杉影密如麻。臘寒燈炷飛蛾滅。何必殷勤護薄紗。

Having fought back the demon of sleep, I pour more tea; / opening the scrolls of writing again, my vision blurs with spots. / Pleased to meet this long night while the body remains healthy; / straining to match new poems, my mood is not yet fine. / The wind is gentle, gibbon cries pure as Sanskrit chanting; / the moon is bright, cedar shadows dense as hemp. / In year-end cold, by the lamp wick flying moths perish: / why bother diligently guarding it with thin gauze?