唐詩三百首英譯 張祜：何滿子

五言絕句

張祜

何滿子

故國三千裡， 深宮二十年。

一聲何滿子， 雙淚落君前。

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Five-character-quatrain

Zhang Hu

SHE SINGS AN OLD SONG

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.