孟郊

　　烈女操

　　梧桐相待老， 鸳鸯会双死；

　　贞妇贵殉夫， 舍生亦如此。

　　波澜誓不起， 妾心井中水。

　　Folk-song-styled-verse

　　Meng Jiao

　　A SONG OF A PURE-HEARTED GIRL

　　Lakka-trees ripen two by two

　　And mandarin-ducks die side by side.

　　If a true-hearted girl will love only her husband,

　　In a life as faithfully lived as theirs,

　　What troubling wave can arrive to vex

　　A spirit like water in a timeless well？