Yu Xuanji, To the Perfect Master

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寄题炼师		To the Perfect Master^[1]
鱼玄机		Yu Xuanji (844?–868?)
霞彩剪为衣，添香出绣帏。芙蓉花叶□，山水帔□稀。驻履闻莺语，开笼放鹤飞。高堂春睡觉，暮雨正霏霏。		Coloured clouds cut into clothing, fragrant incense from embroidered veils; the flowers and leaves of the lotus are __, the __ cloak of the landscape is thin.^[2] Halt your steps—hear the orioles singing, open the cage—let the crane fly free. Sleep in spring in the high hall! Wake to the heavy dusk rain.^[3]

寄题炼师

To the Perfect Master^[1]

鱼玄机

Yu Xuanji (844?–868?)

霞彩剪为衣，

添香出绣帏。

芙蓉花叶□，

山水帔□稀。

驻履闻莺语，

开笼放鹤飞。

高堂春睡觉，

暮雨正霏霏。

Coloured clouds cut into clothing,

fragrant incense from embroidered veils;

the flowers and leaves of the lotus are __,

the __ cloak of the landscape is thin.^[2]

Halt your steps—hear the orioles singing,

open the cage—let the crane fly free.

Sleep in spring in the high hall!

Wake to the heavy dusk rain.^[3]

^[1]Probably a Taoist adept.

^[2]One character is missing from each of these two lines.

^[3]The high hall (高堂) and evening rain (暮雨) in these two lines are almost definitely euphemistic references to sex.

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