At the fifth watch, moonlight crosses a cool bamboo mat in a quiet guest chamber. Erhu carries the long line of longing, with sparse guqin and low xiao beneath a single roof-eave drop. The night begins in absence and ends with the same light held as a quiet companion toward dawn.

Theme: Moonlit longing Scene: A fifth-watch guest chamber at the turn of late summer into autumn Lead instrument: Erhu

月入疏帘，凉簟无温 露凝阶白，五更未分

客舍更深，孤枕初寒 竹影过牖，清辉满栏 欲寄一声，山远云阑 回看空簟，月上衣襟

凉簟无言，月照孤衾 一帘清影，入梦难成 若君亦见，今宵露白 便把相思，寄在簟纹

北雁未来，秋气先侵 庭梧不语，影覆苔痕 欲问来处，云锁重门 惟将月色，认取君心

檐露一滴，清入空瓶 长夜未晓，人事无凭 我拂簟纹，收得微明 明朝行远，月亦随身

凉簟无言，月照孤衾 一帘清影，入梦难成 若君亦见，今宵露白 便把相思，寄在簟纹

月出疏帘，凉簟还温 露痕未干，天将欲晨 但愿清光，照到君门 同守今宵，各自无言