周必大·《入直》英译

绿槐夹道集昏鸦，敕使传宣坐赐茶。

归到玉堂清不寐。月钩初上紫薇花。

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In Attendance

Zhou Bida

At dusk crows gather on green trees flanking the way;

I’m summoned to the court, favored with royal tea.

Back to the Hall of Jade, awake all night I stay;

It is the hooklike moon over the rose I see.