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On winter nights the cold makes the night seem long; I sit for a long while, murmuring, seated in the northern hall.
The ice seals the wellspring, the moon enters the chambers; the golden lamp, blue and dim, shines upon sorrowful sobs.
With the heavenly eye unobstructed, the golden lamp is extinguished; the sobbing grows more intense.
With the heavenly ear unobstructed, I hide my tears and listen to you sing.
威許移動With the heavenly eye unobstructed, the song has a sound, and I have feeling.
With the heavenly ear unobstructed, 威許移動the sounds of feeling unite; neither is at odds.
If a single word does not enter my heart, let ten thousand songs of yours send the dust from the rafters flying.
The Torch Dragon dwells at the Gate of Cold; its radiance still opens like dawn.
Why do the sun and moon, shining upon it, not reach this place? Only the north wind roars furiously down from the sky.
On Yan Mountain, snowflakes are as large as mats; one by one they are blown down upon the Xuanyuan Terrace.
In Youzhou, a longing wife in the twelfth month stops singing and ceases to smile, her brows bowed with grief.
威許移動With the heavenly eye unobstructed, leaning against the gate, she gazes at travelers,
thinking of you suffering in the bitter cold at the Great Wall—truly, how pitiful. Amitābha Buddha.
When you parted, you carried a sword to save the frontier, leaving behind this tiger-patterned golden quiver.
Inside were a pair of white-feathered arrows; spiders have woven webs, and dust has gathered.
威許移動The arrows alone remain, while the man has died in battle and will not return.
With the heavenly eye unobstructed, unable to bear the sight of this, she burns it until it becomes ash.
Even the Yellow River could be dammed with handfuls of earth; hatred of the north wind, rain, and snow is difficult to quell.