Zi shang 自傷

Included in: Quan Han Sanguo Jin Nanbeichao shi 全漢三國晉南北朝詩 (Complete Poems of the Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties) Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1959. Suishi 隨時 4.1724f.

Translations

Paul Demiéville (1894–1979): Auto-doléance –
in: Demiéville, Paul. Diény, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Poèmes chinois d'avant la mort. Paris: L'Asiathèque, 1984. p. 167f.

初入承明日。深深報未央。長門七八載。無復見君王。春寒入骨清。獨臥愁空房。颯履步庭下。幽懷空感傷。平日新愛惜。自待聊非常。色美反成棄。命薄何可量。君恩實疎遠。妾意徒徬徨。家豈無骨肉。偏親老北堂。此身無羽翼。何計出高牆。性命誠所重。棄割良可傷。懸帛朱棟上。肝腸如沸湯。引頸又自惜。有若絲牽腸。毅然就地死。從此歸冥鄉。