Troubled in her sorrowing heart,
she murmurs to herself,
"This good affinity has turned out
to be a bad affinity."
In retrospect she rails against
that "willow" in the quarter;
Though shamefaced to confront
the "lotus" of the Jade Well.
Only because his spring dalliance
has been carelessly revealed,
Have the phoenix mates been forced
to go their separate ways.
Who is able to dip up the waters
of the River of Heaven,
That they may wash their former sins
completely away?
Jin Ping Mei
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