朱庆馀·《近试上张籍水部》英译

洞房昨夜停红烛，待晓堂前拜舅姑。

妆罢低声问夫婿：画眉深浅入时无？

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To Lord Zhang, the Examiner On the Eve of Examinations

Zhu Qingyu

Red candles burnt in nuptial room last night;

She waits to meet new parents till first light.

Being well decked, she asks her husband low:

“Does my brows’ painting with the fashion go?”