春宫怨
杜荀鹤
早被婵娟误， 欲妆临镜慵。
承恩不在貌， 教妾若为容？
风暖鸟声碎， 日高花影重。
年年越溪女， 相忆采芙蓉。
A SIGH IN THE SPRING PALACE
Du Xunhe
Knowing beauty my misfortune,
I face my mirror with a sigh.
To please a fastidious emperor,
How shall I array myself?....
Birds flock and sing when the wind is warm,
Flower-shadows climb when the sun is high --
And year after year girls in the south
Are picking hibiscus, dreaming of love!
