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