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Traditioneel Chinees
明月幾時有，把酒問青天。不知天上宮闕，今夕是何年。我欲乘風歸去，又恐瓊樓玉宇，高處不勝寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人間。轉朱閣，低綺戶，照無眠。不應有恨，何事長向別時圓。人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。但願人長久，千里共嬋娟。

Vereenvoudigd Chinees
明月几时有，把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。　转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆。人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

Pinyin transcriptie

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Will a moon so bright ever arise again? Drink a cupful of wine and ask of the sky. I don't know where the palace gate of heaven is,Or even the year in which tonight slips by. I want to return riding the whirl-wind! But I Feel afraid that this heaven of jasper and jadeLets in the cold, its palaces rear so high. I shall get up and dance with my own shadow.From life endured among men how far a cry!Round the red pavilionSlanting through the latticesOnto every wakeful eye,Moon, why should you bear a grudge, O why Insist in time of separation so th fill the sky? Men know joy and sorow, parting and reunion; The moon lacks lustre, brightly shines; is al, is less. Perfection was never easily come by.Though miles apart, could men but live for everDreaming they shared this moonlight endlessly!