Classic Poem

Last night in dream so clear I saw her;
on waking — just a pillow and blanket, cold.
Wizard Pi could never shrink
the land that lies between us;
Nü-wa the goddess could never patch
the heaven of our parting!
My longing — grief of separation —
do you know how deep?
My frustration and my sorrow, piled ten thousand-fold!
My farewell tears and the waterclock
drip together;
my anguished heart and incense flames
together burn.