TUNE: SONG OF WAFTING FRAGRANCE

行香子

VISITING AN OLD LOVE WTTHOUT SEEING HER

同郭季端访旧不遇有作

Her window clear and fair,

一琐窗儿明快，

I guess she can’t be there.

料想那人不在。

Over the incense burner her doffed clothes lie;

熏笼脱下旧衣裳，

In fragrance they seem to vie.

件件香难赛。

In such a haste she went away

匆匆去得忒煞，

That she forgot to cover her mirror of brass.

这镜儿也不曾盖。

I have not come here many, many a day.

千朝百日不曾来，

How unlucky I am, alas!

没这些儿个采！