Mooring on the Qinhuai
杜牧
烟笼寒水月笼沙
夜泊秦淮近酒家
商女不知亡国恨
隔江犹唱后庭花
yān lóng hán shuǐ yuè lóng shā
yè bó qín huái jìn jiǔ jiā
shāng nǚ bù zhī wáng guó hé
gé jiāng yóu chàng hòu tíng huā
烟笼寒水月笼沙，夜泊秦淮近酒家；商女不知亡国恨，隔江犹唱后庭花。
Pleasure masks crisis on the Qinhuai at night.
杜牧《泊秦淮》：商女不知亡国恨——灯影里的靡音，对照家国伤。讽刺藏在夜泊的闲里。夜泊的闲，其实是醒着的刺。今日：盛世声色热闹时，留一只耳朵听未被唱出的恨。
Du Mu’s Mooring on Qinhuai: singing-girls unknowing of a fallen state’s grief—glitter against national ache. Irony hides in idle night mooring. Today: when prosperity is loud with pleasure, keep an ear for the hate that isn’t sung.
热闹里问一句：我们在回避什么更大的问题？
In the middle of fun, ask what larger problem is being avoided.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
Fill in the blanks
Practice calligraphy
This poem belongs to a place on the map—open the landscape to read both together.
This poem is linked from a city essay—open the place to read the name and the verse together.