中文原文﹕
妾髮初覆額，
折花門前劇；
郎騎竹馬來，
繞床弄青梅。
同居長干里，
兩小無嫌猜。
十四為君婦，
羞顏未嘗開；
低頭向暗壁，
千喚不一回。
十五始展眉，
願同塵與灰；
常存抱柱信，
豈上望夫臺？
十六君遠行，
瞿塘灩澦堆；
五月不可觸，
猿聲天上哀。
門前遲行跡，
一一生綠苔；
苔深不能掃，
落葉秋風早。
八月蝴蝶黃，
雙飛西園草。
感此傷妾心，
坐愁紅顏老。
早晚下三巴，
預將書報家；
相迎不道遠，
直至長風沙。
英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕
I had only started to wear my hair banged,
Playing around I was picking flowers in the yard at the front;
You came around on your bamboo horse
Encircling chairs and benches and dangling in your hand was a branch of green plums.
We both lived in the region of Changgan,
Two youngsters who hadn't thought much.
At the age of fourteen I became your wife,
Diffident and shy, low I held my head;
I would retreat to a corner in the shadow,
And would not answer to your call after call.
At fifteen my brows started to ease,
And fell for you till death do us part;
You vowed to keep your promises to me,
So why would I find myself on the lookout for your homecoming?
Yet when I was sixteen you had to leave home to travel far
Through the Yangtze Gorges passing the Yanyu river rock,
Which in May would give rise to formidable rugged waters,
Gibbons' howling would come from precipices on both sides and resonate skywards.
The hesitated footprints from the day you left
Have already become moss-covered and green.
The moss has grown so thick that sweeping could not do away,
Till autumn comes early and leaves fall to the moss conceal.
August sees butterflies turn yellow and frail,
And in pairs they'd fly over the west chamber garden, over grass blades.
Such a scene saddens me,
As I sit in sorrow and wait my youth away.
One day whether soon or late on your return through the towns of Ba,
Do write a letter home beforehand;
I care not how far I'd have to travel to receive you on your way,
Even if I have to go all the way to Changfengsha.
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