元日哭先大人 – （清）周淑然

一夜思親淚，天明又複收。
恐傷慈母意，暗向枕邊流。

A Quatrain by Zhou Shuran

(Mourning Father on New Year’s Day)

I cannot stop my grieving tears all night

Until the arrival of the first light.

For fear of saddening mother again,

I weep into my pillows out of sight.

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)

08 / 04 /23