Presented to a Lady Within the Palace by Chang Yu

Forbidden gate, palace trees, a moon’s flitting trace,
seductive eyes gaze askance at night-nesting egrets.
Leaning, she plucks her jade hairpin in the lamplight,
Pricks apart the ruddy flame to save a flying moth.

translated by Ronald C. Miao

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