"兰闺深寂寞，无计度芳春。 料得高吟者，应怜长叹人。"

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Variant translation: — In a lonely room at night, In vain spring and youth fade. You who croon with delight, Pity the sighing maid! — Romance of the Western Bower, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Hunan People's Publishing House and Foreign Languages Press, 2000), p. 61