Began suffering since married a Qian Lou like me.
Seeing I was in tatters, you searched all wicker baskets,
And took off your golden hairpin to urge me for wines.
Only leaves of pulse and wild vegetables are in our plates.
For leaves as timbers, you look up to the padoga tree.
Now my salary is more than a million but you're not here.
So I set sacrifices for you with myself in abstinence.


〈遣悲懷三首之一〉

謝公最小偏憐女，
自嫁黔婁百事乖。
顧我無衣搜藎篋，
泥他沽酒拔金釵。
野蔬充膳甘長藿，
落葉添薪仰古槐。
今日俸錢過十萬，
與君營奠復營齋。