始见西南楼,
When the new moon shone in the southwest sky,
纤纤如玉钩。
未映东北墀,
Like a fine jade hook it glistened high. When it shed its last lights on the northeast stairs,
娟娟似蛾眉。
蛾眉蔽珠椀,
It looked like the brow of a maid who stares. When I looked through the windows, it was grey;
玉钩隔琐窗。
When I looked from inside, it lost its ray.