客散青天月，山空碧水流。

凤凰台上凤凰游，凤去台空江自流。

越王勾践破吴归，战士还家尽锦衣。 宫女如花满春殿，只今唯有鹧鸪飞。

黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。

身无彩凤双飞翼，心有灵犀一点通。

蜡照半笼金翡翠，麝熏微度绣芙蓉。

云母屏风独影深，长河渐落晓星沉。

春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。

为有云屏无限娇，凤城寒尽怕春宵。

散关三尺雪，回梦旧鸳机。

萧娘脸薄难胜泪，桃叶眉长易党愁。 天下三分明月夜，二分无赖是扬州。

多情却似总无情，唯觉樽前笑不成。 Deep, deep our love, too deep to show. Deep, deep we drink, silent we grow.

曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云。

自言并食寻常事，唯念山深驿路长。

遣悲怀三首 元稹 （其二） 昔日戏言身后意， 今朝都到眼前来。 衣裳已施行看尽， 针线犹存未忍开。 尚想旧情怜婢仆， 也曾因梦送钱财。 诚知此恨人人有， 贫贱夫妻百事哀。 （其三） 闲坐悲君亦自悲， 百年都是几多时。 邓攸无子寻知命， 潘岳悼亡犹费辞。 同穴窅冥何所望， 他生缘会更难期。 唯将终夜长开眼， 报答平生未展眉。 To My Deceased Wife Yuan Zhen （Ⅱ） “What if one of us should die?” we said for fun one day; But now it has come true and passed before my eyes. I can't bear to see your clothes and give them away; I seal your embroidery lest it should draw my sighs. Remembering your kindness, I'm kind to our maids; Dreaming of your bounty, I give bounties as before. I know there is no mortal but returns to the shades, But a poor couple like us have more to deplore. （Ⅲ） Sitting idle, I grieve for myself as for you; How many days are left for my declining years? Another childless man fared better than I do; Another widower lavished vain verse and tears. Could I await a better fate than our same tomb? Could you be born again and again be my wife? With eyes unclosed all night long I'll lie in the gloom To repay you for your unknit brows in your life. The poet has written three poems for his deceased wife and two of them are selected here.