[updated September 2022]
Covert Advisors Meet in a Rear Hall
秘 省 后 厅
槐 花 雨 润 新 秋 地
桐 叶 风 翻 欲 夜 天。
尽 日 后 厅 无 一 事
白 头 老 监 枕 书 眠。
Mi Sheng Hou Ting
Huai hua yu run xin qiu di
Tong ye feng fan yu ye tian.
Jin ri hou ting wu yi shi
Bai tou lao jian zhen shu mian.
Covert Advisors Meet in a Rear Hall
Acacia tree flowers glossy and smooth, autumn rain into the fresh earth
Evening sky, sycamore tree leaves turn in the wind.
Most days in the rear hall without a single thing to do
This old man’s white hair, his job is to fall asleep on his books and pillows.