王昌龄: 长信怨/ wang changling: a sigh in the court of perpetual faith

长信怨

王昌龄

奉帚平明金殿开， 且将团扇共徘徊。

玉颜不及寒鸦色， 犹带昭阳日影来。

　

a sigh in the court of perpetual faith

wang changling

she brings a broom at dawn to the golden palace doorway

and dusts the hall from end to end with her round fan,

and, for all her jade-whiteness, she envies a crow

whose cold wings are kindled in the court of the bright sun.