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Palace Verse
English translation and interpretation are being reviewed.
寂寂花时闭院门，
美人相并立琼轩。
含情欲说宫中事，
鹦鹉前头不敢言。
美人相并立琼轩。
含情欲说宫中事，
鹦鹉前头不敢言。
English translation
Silent, in the season of flowers, the courtyard gate is shut; fair ones stand together in the jade pavilion.
Their hearts are full, they would speak of the palace, but before the parrot they dare not utter a word.
Meaning
The hundred flowers are in bloom, yet the palace courtyard gates stay shut in silence; pretty palace maids stand side by side beneath the corridor, admiring the spring. Full of hidden feelings, they all wish to speak of their sorrows in the palace, but before the parrot none dares breathe a word of her bitterness.