self-paint and send to husband, Xue yuan 寫真寄外 薛媛

I am to paint, firstly pick a mirror.
shocked about my plain face, and two temples fade.
easy to draw eyes of tear beautiful, hard to write words of sorrow
you might be down and forget, take it out for a look some time.

欲下丹青筆，先拈寶鏡寒。
已驚顏索寞，漸覺鬢凋殘。
淚眼描將易，愁腸寫出難。
恐君渾忘卻，時展畫圖看。