十三与君初相识，王侯宅里弄丝竹。
只缘感君一回顾，使我思君朝与暮。
再见君时妾十五，且为君作霓裳舞。
可叹年华如朝露，何时衔泥巢君屋 I met you, sir, then,at thirteen,
At the duke’s while lute playing.
Your careless glance in my way,
Kindled my love night and day.
Again we met, when I was fifteen,
For you alone Nichang dancing.
Alas, like dews time is fleeting!
Would that I were closer to your dwelling,
Even in the form of a swallow nesting.
