唐诗三百首英译 薛逢：宫词

七言律诗

薛逢

宫词

十二楼中尽晓妆， 望仙楼上望君王。

锁衔金兽连环冷， 水滴铜龙昼漏长。

云髻罢梳还对镜， 罗衣欲换更添香。

遥窥正殿帘开处， 袍裤宫人扫御床。

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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.