Post by rovi297 on Nov 30, 2022 18:23:49 GMT -5
近试上张籍水部 - 朱庆馀
洞房昨夜停红烛，
待晓堂前拜舅姑。
妆罢低声问夫婿，
画眉深浅入时无？
A Quatrain by Zhu Qinyu
(To Mr. Zhang – the Minister for Waters ere Imperial Exams)
The red candles lit in nuptial chamber all night,
To kowtow in-laws the bride waits for the first light.
She coyly whispers after a careful makeup,
“Dear lord, my brows’ color looks perfect or too bright?”
Tr. Wangyu
(To be revised)
洞房昨夜停红烛，
待晓堂前拜舅姑。
妆罢低声问夫婿，
画眉深浅入时无？
A Quatrain by Zhu Qinyu
(To Mr. Zhang – the Minister for Waters ere Imperial Exams)
The red candles lit in nuptial chamber all night,
To kowtow in-laws the bride waits for the first light.
She coyly whispers after a careful makeup,
“Dear lord, my brows’ color looks perfect or too bright?”
Tr. Wangyu
(To be revised)
