LIU YUNG

(987–1053)

Song

She lowers her fragrant curtain,

wanting to speak her love.

She hesitates, she frowns—

the night is too soon over!

Her lover is first to bed,

warming the duck-down quilt.

She lays aside her needle,

drops her rich silk skirt,

eager for his embrace.

He asks one thing:

that the lamp remain lit.

He wants to see her face.

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