夜 半 冒 霜 來
見 我 輒 怨 唱
懷 冰 闇 中 倚
己 寒 不 蒙 亮

炭 爐 卻 夜 寒
重 抱 坐 疊 褥
與 郎 對 華 榻
弦 歌 秉 蘭 燭

you came to me
in midnight frost
and there was I
prepared to scold

embracing
in the icy dark
sudden sunshine
banished cold

a charcoal stove
wards off night’s chill

we embrace once more
on crumpled quilts

face to face
in the elegant bed

I'm singing
as I grasp the orchid candle