My skirt is cut out of peacock silk,

Red and green shine together, they are also opposed.

It dazzles like the gold-chequered skin of the scaly dragon.

Clearly so odd and lovely a thing must be admired.

My Lord himself knows well the size.

I beg thee, my Lover, give me a girdle.

AI AI THINKS OF THE MAN SHE LOVES

How often must I pass the moonlight nights alone?

I gaze far—far—for the Seven Scents Chariot.

My girdle drops because my waist is shrunken.