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Butterfly Loves the Flower: Drunken Farewell at the West Tower
醉别西楼醒不记。
春梦秋云，
聚散真容易。
斜月半窗还少睡。
画屏闲展吴山翠。
I parted in drunkenness at the west tower and, waking, do not remember it. Spring dreams, autumn clouds: meeting and parting are truly easy. The slanting moon fills half the window, and still there is little sleep; the painted screen idly displays the blue-green of the hills of Wu.
衣上酒痕诗里字。
点点行行，
总是凄凉意。
红烛自怜无好计。
夜寒空替人垂泪。
The stains of wine upon my clothes, the words within my poems — dot upon dot, line upon line, all of it desolate. The red candle pities itself, with no good device; in the cold of the night, in vain it sheds tears for me.
Reading notes
行行 refers to lines of verse; 行 is read háng. In 还少睡, 还 is read hái and 少 shǎo: the speaker still gets little sleep. The candle’s tears echo the sorrow of parting.