Zhang Hu
A lady of the palace these twenty years,
She has lived here a thousand① miles② from her home.
Yet ask her for this song and, with the first few words of it,
See how she tries to hold③ back her tears.
① thousandadj. 一千的;一千个的;无数的
② milen. 英里;一英里赛跑
③ holdvt. 抑制,约束;握着;抓住;夹住
何满子
张祜
故国三千里,
深宫二十年。
一声何满子,
双泪落君前。