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.