遣悲懷之二

元稹

遣悲懷之二

昔日戲言身后事， 今朝都到眼前來。

衣裳已施行看盡， 針線猶存未忍開。

尚想舊情憐婢仆， 也曾因夢送錢財。

誠知此恨人人有， 貧賤夫妻百事哀。
 

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Yuan Zhen

AN ElEGY II

We joked, long ago, about one of us dying,

But suddenly, before my eyes, you are gone.

Almost all your clothes have been given away;

Your needlework is sealed, I dare not look at it....

I continue your bounty to our men and our maids ——

Sometimes, in a dream, I bring you gifts.

...This is a sorrow that all mankind must know ——

But not as those know it who have been poor together.