梧桐相待老,鴛鴦會雙死。
貞女貴殉夫,捨生亦如此。
波瀾誓不起,妾心古井水。
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?