Hanpu Li 李函璞

To the tune of Pusaman · In the manner of the Huajian songs

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First written

《菩薩蠻 · 效花間體》

一奩互綰雲鬟墮,啼妝不待真珠涴。 綵帛束蜂腰,點脣相試調。 人前儂斂目,金鳳低冠伏。 對面畫雙眉,終同簪作笄。

To the tune of Pusaman · In the manner of the Huajian songs

At one dressing case, each coils the other’s cloud of hair, and the coils droop; the weeping make-up need not wait for real pearls to smear it. Coloured silk cinches the wasp waist; dotting the lips with rouge, each tries and blends the shade on the other. Before others, I lower my eyes; the gold phoenix lowers its crest and lies flat. Face to face, both brows are painted; in the end, together, making the hairpin a ji pin.