Lament of Changxin Palace (Wang Changling)

長信怨 (王昌齡) · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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English translation 中文原文

At dawn, with broom in hand, the golden gates unfold,

I pace with my round fan, restless and cold.

My face, though fair, cannot match the crow's dark hue,

That still carries the sunlight of Zhaoyang Hall in view.

長信怨 (王昌齡)

奉帚平明金殿開，

暫將團扇共徘徊。

玉顏不及寒鴉色，

猶帶昭陽日影來。