竹簟
元稹
竹簟衬重茵,
未忍都令卷.
忆昨初来日,
看君自施展.
Bamboo Mat
by Yuan Zhen
I cannot bear to put away,
the bamboo sleeping mat:
that night I brought you home,
I watched you roll it out.
…translated by Sam Hamill, from The Erotic Spirit
竹簟
元稹
竹簟衬重茵,
未忍都令卷.
忆昨初来日,
看君自施展.
Bamboo Mat
by Yuan Zhen
I cannot bear to put away,
the bamboo sleeping mat:
that night I brought you home,
I watched you roll it out.
…translated by Sam Hamill, from The Erotic Spirit