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.