| Multiple poems at a time |
If I could but see the white [lower] dress! --
My heart is wounded with sadness!
I should be inclined to go and live with the wearer!
If I could but see the white knee-covers! --
Sorrow is knotted in my heart!
I should almost feel as of one soul with the wearer!
【Source】 The English translation text was taken from The Chinese Classics, vol. 4 by James Legge (1898) and checked against a reprinted edition by Wen Zhi Zhe chu pan she (Taiwan, 1971). Transliteration of Chinese names in the English translation were converted to