Magpie on a Twig 鵲踏枝·花外寒雞

Beyond the blossoms， cold cockcrow， the day about to dawn：lncense cakes have turned to ashes；

Up or at rest， I am utterly distracted.Tall phoenix trees at the edge of the eaves transfix the overnight fog； I roll up the blinds and a pair of magpies flies away in alarm.

Draped over a screen， a gossamer gown； idle embroidered strands； Just for a moment my heart is full， As I remember all the roads of the sunny south.

Night after night my dreaming soulgives up its empty fantasies， For now I know that nowhere can the bygone past be sought.

花外寒雞天欲曜，香印成灰，起坐渾無緒。檐際高桐凝宿霧，卷簾雙鵲驚飛去。屏上羅衣閑繡縷，一晌關情，憶遍江南路。夜夜夢魂休謾語，已知前事無尋處。