A Letter of Thanks for Precious Pearls Bestowed by One Above
BY CHIANG TS'AI-P'IN (THE " PLUM-BLOSSOM " CONCUBINE OF THE EMPEROR MING HUANG)
It is long — long — since my two eyebrows were painted like cassia-leaves.
I have ended the adorning of myself. My tears soak my dress of coarse red silk.
All day I sit in the Palace of the High Gate. I do not wash; I do not comb my hair.
How can precious pearls soothe so desolate a grief.
It is long — long — since my two eyebrows were painted like cassia-leaves.
I have ended the adorning of myself. My tears soak my dress of coarse red silk.
All day I sit in the Palace of the High Gate. I do not wash; I do not comb my hair.
How can precious pearls soothe so desolate a grief.
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