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You ask me when I can return, but I don't know
It rains in western hills and autumn pools overflow
When can we trim by window side the candlelight
And talk about the western hills in rainy night
君问归期未有期，巴山夜雨涨秋池。
何当共剪西窗烛，却话巴山夜雨时。
Li Shangyin (810/813-858AD), also known as Li Yishan, was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (today's Qinyang city, Central China's Henan province).
李商隐（约813年—约858年），又名李义山，晚唐诗人，怀州河内（今河南沁阳）人。
Li was a typical late Tang poet: his works are sensuous, dense and allusive.The latter quality makes adequate translation extremely difficult. Although more famous for his sensuous poems, Li indeed wrote in many styles. He can be satirical, humorous, or sentimental. He was much admired and "rediscovered" in the 20th century by the young Chinese writers for the imagist quality of his poems.
李商隐是典型的晚唐诗人。他的作品敏感、晦涩、含沙射影。后者让他的作品变得很难翻译。尽管李商隐以敏感诗著称，但他的创作风格也很多样，可以讽刺、可以幽默、可以感伤。由于李商隐的诗歌具有意象派特质，因此被20世纪的中国年轻作家重新审视，并备受仰慕。（杨佳欣 周金淼）
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