Li Shangyin: Unbearable to Meet as well as to Depart

TO ONE UNNAMED

Li Shangyin

Time was long before I met her, but is longer since we parted,

And the east wind has arisen and a hundred flowers are gone,

And the silk-worms of spring will weave until they die

And every night the candles will weep their wicks away.

Mornings in her mirror she sees her hair-cloud changing,

Yet she dares the chill of moonlight with her evening song.

…It is not so very far to her Enchanted Mountain

O blue-birds, be listening!-Bring me what she says!

无题

李商隐

相见时难别亦难， 东风无力百花残。

春蚕到死丝方尽， 蜡炬成灰泪始乾。

晓镜但愁云鬓改， 夜吟应觉月光寒。

蓬莱此去无多路， 青鸟殷勤为探看。