Zhang Ji

While I watch the moon go down, a crow caws through the frost;

Under the shadows of maple-trees a fisherman moves with his torch;

And I hear, from beyond Suzhou, from the temple on Cold Mountain,

Ringing for me, here in my boat, the midnight bell.

You know i have husband but still send me diamond,

i know what you think,so i inlaid it in my red dress.

I live in the royal courtyard,my husband is a guard.

I know what you think,but i still play the songs for him.

Now return your diamond tearfully,sorry,the handsome boy,

i'm so regretful that i haven't met you before i married him.

Last year you went with your troops to Tibet;

And when your men had vanished beyond the citywall,

News was cut off between the two worlds

As between the living and the dead.

No one has come upon a faithful horse guarding

A crumpled tent or torn flag, or any trace of you.

If only I knew, I might serve you in the temple,

Instead of these tears toward the far sky.