沾胸安能已，
悲怀从中起。
How am I to put my tears at rest? Tears of grief arise within the breast.
寝兴目存形，
遗音犹在耳。
I see her figure when I sleep or wake; I hear her voices right from daybreak.
上惭东门吴，
下愧蒙庄子。
Dongmen Wu did not weep when his son died; When his wife was dead, Zhuangzi never cried.
赋诗欲言志，
此志难具纪。
To seal my grief in this short poem I write, I find my inner feelings hard to cite.
命也可奈何！
长戚自令鄙。
There’s nothing I can do to change my fate! But prolonged grief just adds to mental weight.