Song of a Faithful Wife

節婦吟

唐　張籍

君知妾有夫　贈妾雙明珠　
感君纏綿意　繫在紅羅襦　
妾家高樓連苑起
良人執戢明光裡
知君用心如日月　
事夫誓擬同生死
還君明珠雙淚垂
恨不相逢未嫁時

Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji

You know that I have a husband;
You still give me those double pearls
I feel your clinging love,
Tied to my red damask gown.
My home is in a pavilion deep within the gardens,
And my husband keeps his watch deep into the night.
I know your heart is as constant as the sun and moon--
But I vowed to stay with him through life until death.
As I return these pearls, my eyes tear up,
Regretting that we had not met before I married off.