You wore the green dress on the feast,
at first time i saw you,
your makeup is light,smiled like the jasmine
in the silent spring.
What a pulchritudinous angel you are
at the first i saw you.
You seemed to come from the mountain,
those clouds still remained on your dress.
双蝶绣罗裙。
东池宴。
初相见。
朱粉不深匀。
闲花淡淡春。
细看诸处好。
人人道。
柳腰身。
昨日乱山昏。
来时衣上云。
By Zhang Xian
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