Closing line of
李清照 《
如梦令·
常记溪亭日暮》 (Li Qingzhao, Song, late 11th c.):
常记溪亭日暮，
沉醉不知归路。
兴尽晚回舟，
误入藕花深处。
争渡，
争渡，
惊起一滩鸥鹭 (Often I recall the creek-side pavilion at dusk, drunk past knowing the way home. Joy spent, rowed back late, blundered deep into the lotus blooms. Row through! Row through! and startled up a whole beach of gulls and egrets). The ci closes with sudden movement and sound after stillness, one of the most quoted kinetic images in Song ci.
