Presented to a Palace Lady
贈內人 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Presented to a Palace Lady
Through the moonlit gate, past trees within the palace wall,
Her charming eyes rest on the nests where roosting egrets call.
Beside the lamp's soft glow she tilts her jade hairpin to save,
Stirring the crimson flame to free the moth caught in its wave.
贈內人
禁門宮樹月痕過，媚眼惟看宿鷺窠。
斜拔玉釵燈影畔，剔開紅燄救飛蛾。