Palace Verse (Bai Juyi)
宮詞 (白居易) · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Palace Verse (Bai Juyi)
My silk scarf is soaked with tears, I cannot dream;
Deep in the night, songs are played in the front hall.
My beauty has not faded, yet love is already cut off;
I lean against the perfumed brazier, sitting until dawn.
宮詞 (白居易)
淚濕羅巾夢不成，
夜深前殿按歌聲。
紅顏未老恩先斷，
斜倚薰籠坐到明。