昔日戲言身後事,今朝都到眼前來。
衣裳已施行看盡,針綫猶存未忍開。
尚想舊情憐婢僕,也曾因夢送錢財。
誠知此恨人人有,貧賤夫妻百事哀。
We joked, long ago, about one of us dying,
But suddenly, before my eyes, you are gone.
Almost all your clothes have been given away;
Your needlework is sealed, I dare not look at it....
I continue your bounty to our men and our maids –
Sometimes, in a dream, I bring you gifts.
...This is a sorrow that all mankind must know –
But not as those know it who have been poor together.