My hair had hardly covered my forehead.
I was picking flowers, paying by my door,

qiè fā chū fù é ， zhé huā mén qián jù 。
妾 发 初 覆 额 ， 折 花 门 前 剧 。

I have used grain from the public fields, for distilling wine. After my office hours I have the wine loaded on a boat and then I seat my friends on the bank of the lake. The little wine-boats come to each of us and supply us with wine. We seem to be drinking on Pa Islet in Lake Dongting. And I write this poem.

Outside are insignia, shown in state;
But here are sweet incense-clouds, quietly ours.

bīnɡ wèi sēn huà jǐ ， yàn qǐn nínɡ qīnɡ xiānɡ 。
兵 卫 森 画 戟 ， 宴 寝 凝 清 香 。

My office has grown cold today;
And I suddenly think of my mountain friend

jīn zhāo jùn zhāi lěnɡ ， hū niàn shān zhōnɡ kè 。
今 朝 郡 斋 冷 ， 忽 念 山 中 客 。

Wistful, away from my friends and kin,
Through mist and fog I float and float

qī qī qù qīn ài ， fàn fàn rù yān wù 。
凄 凄 去 亲 爱 ， 泛 泛 入 烟 雾 。