朱慶余
宮詞
寂寂花時閉院門， 美人相并立瓊軒。
含情欲說宮中事， 鸚鵡前頭不敢言。
Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu
A SONG OF THE PALACE
Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers,
Ladies file out to their pavilion of jade,
Abrim to the lips with imperial gossip
But not daring to breathe it with a parrot among them.
宮詞
寂寂花時閉院門， 美人相并立瓊軒。
含情欲說宮中事， 鸚鵡前頭不敢言。
Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu
A SONG OF THE PALACE
Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers,
Ladies file out to their pavilion of jade,
Abrim to the lips with imperial gossip
But not daring to breathe it with a parrot among them.