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A poem seemingly fit for Valentine's day. Got this while randoming in wikipedia.

水調歌頭¹

丙辰²中秋³， 歡飲達旦，
大醉，
作此篇，
兼懷子由⁴。

明月幾時有？
把酒問青天。
不知天上宮闕⁵，
今夕是何年？

我欲乘風歸去，
唯恐瓊樓玉宇⁶，
高處不勝寒。
起舞弄清影⁷，
何似在人間⁸！

轉朱閣⁹，
低綺戶¹⁰，
照無眠¹¹。
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¹²。

Notes on the Poem

	Characters	Pinyin	Explanation
1.	水調歌頭	shuǐ diào gē tóu	The name of a tune.
2.	丙辰	bǐng chén	the ninth year of the reign of Song Emperor Shenzong (1076 C.E.), when Su Shi served as magistrate in Mizhou, present-day Zhucheng County in Shandong Province.
3.	中秋	zhōng qiū	the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month (lunar calendar); a traditional Chinese holiday when people gather to enjoy the moon, drink wine, and eat. moon cakes
4.	懷	huái	to think of, miss.
	子由	Zǐ yóu	Su Che (蘇轍/苏辙), courtesy name Ziyou, Su Shi's younger brother, also a famous author; at this time Su Che was in Jinan, Su Shi in Mizhou; the brothers had not seen each other for seven years.
5.	宮闕	gōng què	a spectacular palace.
6.	瓊樓玉宇	qióng lóu yù yǔ	a building made of beautiful jade, here, the Moon Palace.
7.	弄	nòng	to play, to sport; here, "to dance".
	清影	qīng yǐng	crisp, cold shadow in the moonlight.
8.	何似	hé sì	how can it compare to...
9.	朱閣	zhū gé	a red pavilion.
10.	綺戶	qǐ hù	a door or window with carved patterns and designs.
11.	無眠	wú mián	sleepless; here, refers to a sleepless person.
12.	嬋娟	chán juān	originally Chang E, a beauty; here, used to refer to the splendid moon.