洛阳女儿名莫愁。
In Luoyang there is a maid
莫愁十三能织绮,
Mochou.
十四采桑南陌头。
She learned to weave when she was thirteen;
十五嫁为卢家妇,
She picked mulberry leaves when she was fourteen.
卢家兰室桂为梁,
She was married to Lu when she was fifteen;
头上金钗十二行,
She gave birth to a son when she was sixteen.
步下丝履五文章。
Lu's house is built of orchid and cassia trees,
珊瑚挂镜烂生光,
With circuma and storax scent in the breeze.
平头奴子擎履箱。
She wears on her head twelve pins of gold,
河中之水向东流,
On her feet shoes with patterns manifold.