補球衣偶興

 

 

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.