針腳稀疏遜女工,
隔窗誰識是思翁。
如今補衲堪羅雀,
燭焰收撩細窟窿。
*乙巳年夏縫球褲偶興

Mending a Jersey
My stitches, loose and sparse, shame a seamstress’ hand—
Beyond the pane, who knows this brooding man?
Now my patched robe could trap a sparrow’s flight,
By candlelight, I darn each tiny hole in sight.