gù guó sān qiān lǐ,
shēn gōng '
èr shí nián。
yī shēng hé mǎn zǐ,
shuāng lèi luò jūn qián。
A lady of the palace these twenty years,
She has lived here a thousand miles from her home-
Yet ask her for this song and, with the first few words of it,
See how she tries to hold back her tears.