Original text:
Give it to a maid.
The prince's children rushed back, and the beautiful woman was wet with tears.
Once in the depths of Hou's ocean, he became a stranger from then on.
Vernacular translation
The prince and grandson chase the light dust behind you all day, but you are like a green pearl soaked with tears.
Once married into a rich family, it's like sinking into the sea. Since then, my former lover has become a stranger.
To a Maid is a four-line poem written by Cui Jiao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The first sentence of this poem highlights the beauty of a woman through the description of "son, monarch and grandson", the second sentence shows the deep pain of a woman with the details of "sobbing and dripping towels", and the third and fourth sentences say that a woman sees herself as a stranger as soon as she enters the door of power.
The whole poem summarizes the tragedy of the robbed poet's lover and reflects the love tragedy caused by the disparity of family status in feudal society. It has profound meaning, implicit expression without explicit expression, resentment without anger, euphemistic twists and turns.