Su Tung P'o (Su Shih; Zizhan)
Rain in the Aspens
My neighbor to the East has
A grove of aspens. Tonight
The rain sounds mournfully in
Them. Alone, at my window,
I cannot sleep. Autumn insects
Swarm, attracted by my light.

(from "One Hundred Poems from the Chinese)

transl. by Kenneth Rexroth