Viewing the Mid-Autumn Moon
Wang Jian
In the moonlit courtyard crows are nesting in the trees;
Osmanthus flowers soundlessly are dampened by the dew.
Tonight's the night that all will view the brightness of the moon:
Upon whose homes will autumn sadness linger*.

*The sadness here is that of a missed autumn reunion-too many men are away at the front. Worth noting is that the character used in general for"sadness" is compounded of the characters for "autumn" and "heart".