EVEN as the sun with purple-colour'd face
Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn,
Rose-cheek'd Adonis hied him to the chase;
Hunting he loved, but love he laugh'd to scorn;
Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him,
And like a bold-faced suitor 'gins to woo him.
恰值朝時紫日暹,
僅剩晨露已消凝,
紅頰急騁美少年;
獨喜狩獵不鍾情;
幽情神女施魔念,
求朗廉寡恥少見。