唐詩三百首英譯 薛逢：宮詞

七言律詩

薛逢

宮詞

十二樓中盡曉妝， 望仙樓上望君王。

鎖啣金獸連環冷， 水滴銅龍晝漏長。

雲髻罷梳還對鏡， 羅衣欲換更添香。

遙窺正殿簾開処， 袍褲宮人掃禦牀。

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Seven-character-regular-verse

Xue Feng

A PALACE POEM

In twelve chambers the ladies， decked for the day，

Peer afar for their lord from their Fairy-View Lodge；

The golden toad guards the lock on the door-chain，

And the bronze-dragon water-clock drips through the morning

Till one of them， tilting a mirror， combs her cloud of hair

And chooses new scent and a change of silk raiment；

For she sees， between screen-panels， deep in the palace，

Eunuchs in court-dress preparing a bed.