朱慶余
近試上張水部
洞房昨夜停紅燭， 待曉堂前拜舅姑。
妝罷低聲問夫婿， 畫眉深淺入時(shí)無。
Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu
ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
TO SECRETARY ZHANG
Out go the great red wedding-chamber candles.
Tomorrow in state the bride faces your parents.
She has finished preparing; she asks of you meekly
Whether her eyebrows are painted in fashion.
近試上張水部
洞房昨夜停紅燭， 待曉堂前拜舅姑。
妝罷低聲問夫婿， 畫眉深淺入時(shí)無。
Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu
ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
TO SECRETARY ZHANG
Out go the great red wedding-chamber candles.
Tomorrow in state the bride faces your parents.
She has finished preparing; she asks of you meekly
Whether her eyebrows are painted in fashion.