Sullen, sullen, my brows are ever knit;
Silent, silent, my lips will not move. It is not indeed that I choose to sorrow thus;
If I lift my eyes, who would share my joy? Last Spring you were called to the West
To carry arms in the lands of Pa and Shu;
And this Spring I was banished to the South
To nurse my sickness on the River's oozy banks.