TUNE: SONG OF GOOD EVENT VIEWING THE MOON AT THE VALE OF FLOWERS ON THE NIGHT OF THE 13TH DAY OF THE 7TH MOON

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Before it peeps into the bowers,

七月十三日夜登万花川谷望月作

The moon shines first in the Vale of Flowers.

月未到诚斋，

Not that in my study I see no moonlight,

先到万花川谷。

But that a grove of bamboos keeps it out of sight.

不是诚斋无月，

It’s only the thirteenth day tonight,

隔一林修竹。

The moon is already jade-white.

如今才是十三夜，

If you want to see it shed silver rays,

月色已如玉。

Come on the fifteenth and sixteenth days.

未是秋光奇绝，

看十五十六。