need help with teresa tang song

[SumDumBeech]

hi everyone, newbie here !

can someone translate the words and tell me the name of the poet that wrote this ?

無言獨上西樓

月如鉤

寂寞梧桐深院鎖清秋

剪不斷

理還亂

是離愁

別有一番滋味在心頭

THX !

[Dennis]

It is by Li Yu

[skylee]

This is a poem written over 1000 years ago by Li Yu, a very famous poet and the last monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This type of poems is called "Ci", which means that originally it was written to be sung with a tune. The title of this tune is called "相見歡" (Xiang Jian Huan). The melody is lost now, but the lyrics remain.

Translation 1 (source)

Without a word and alone I went to the West Tower.

The moon like a hook, Wutong Trees desolate,

The deep courtyard locks in the clear autumn.

Cut, but not severed,

Trying to disentangle, but more raveled,

It is the sorrow of parting,

In my heart, a strange and unknown feeling.

Translation 2 (source)

I climb the western tower in silence, the moon like a sickle.

Clear autumn is locked in the deep courtyard, where a wutong tree stands lonely.

Sorrowful parting has cut, but not severed our ties; my mind is still wild.

Separation is just like a taste in head and heart.

And here is a painting on this poem by the famous cartoonist Feng Zikai ->

[SumDumBeech]

thanks for the responds guys, more helpful details than i've expected !

can someone recommend a decent custom calligraphy website or person i can go to to have this poem written in cursive chinese ? thx again in advance !

i;ve been lurking on this forum for awhile now, glad i've join !

i'm an first generation chinese immigrant from China (left China when i was 9), although i know how to read a good amount of Chinese (can read a newspaper) but i have a very hard time understanding the meaning of most of the stuff i can read. WEIRD, i know. i find this forum very educating and interesting.