烈女操
孟郊
梧桐相待老， 鸳鸯会双死。
贞妇贵殉夫， 舍生亦如此。
波澜誓不起， 妾心井中水。
A SONG OF A PURE-HEARTED GIRL
Meng Jiao
Lakka-trees ripen two by two
And mandarin-ducks die side by side.
If a true-hearted girl will love only her husband,
In a life as faithfully lived as theirs,
What troubling wave can arrive to vex
A spirit like water in a timeless well?
