早被婵娟误,欲归临镜慵。
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。
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!