Xi Shi
By Wang Wei (translation by myself)
Since beauty was cherished by the monarch,
How could Xi Shi remain unnoticeable for a long time?
She had ever been a gril washing the yarn in the early moring
Beside the brook in the county of Yue,
However she became the consort in the palace Wu just when the night fell.
Who valued her in those ignoble days?
Flowers came in when getting renowned.
No need in person to do either the cosmetic or the dressing.
The monarch’s spoiling endowed her with more charming,
And the monarch’s loving was gone beyond the gossip.
Those girlhood companions who ever washed the yarn
Now could not sit abreast with her in the crowned waggon.
Was it predetermined to be ineffective to imitate her beauty nuance,
When she waved the farewell to the neighbouring girls?
五言古诗
王维
西施咏
艳色天下重， 西施宁久微？
朝为越溪女， 暮作吴宫妃。
贱日岂殊众？ 贵来方悟稀。
邀人傅脂粉， 不自著罗衣，
君宠益娇态， 君怜无是非。
当时浣纱伴， 莫得同车归。
持谢邻家子， 效颦安可希？
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