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The Beauty Yu: Spring Grief
风回小院庭芜绿，
柳眼春相续。
凭阑半日独无言，
依旧竹声新月似当年。
The wind returns to the small courtyard, the weeds of the garden turn green; the willow's eyes carry on the spring. Leaning at the rail half the day, alone and wordless: still the sound of bamboo, the new moon, are as in years gone by.
笙歌未散尊罍在，
池面冰初解。
烛明香暗画堂深，
满鬓青霜残雪思难任。
The flutes and songs are not yet scattered, the wine-cups still set out; upon the pool's face the ice begins to melt. Candle bright, incense dim, the painted hall lies deep; my hair at the temples is frosted with grey, like lingering snow, and my thoughts are more than I can bear.
Reading notes
画堂 also appears as 画楼, and 青霜 as 清霜. This page retains 画堂 and 青霜. Frost and lingering snow in the closing line describe greying hair.