早被嬋娟誤,欲歸臨鏡慵。
  承恩不在貌,教妾若為容。
  風暖鳥聲碎,日高花影重。
  年年越溪女,相憶采芙蓉。
  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!