"Note On A Rainy Night To A Friend In The North"

Etienne Leopold Trouvelet, "Total Eclipse of the Sun," circa 1878

You ask me when I am coming. I do not know.
I dream of your mountains and autumn pools brimming all night with the rain.
Oh, when shall we be trimming wicks again, together in your Western window?
When shall I be hearing your voice again, all night in the rain?

[Li Shangyin, translated by Witter Banner]