(117) Reply To Wang Shi-zhen
次韵答王司寇 阮亭先生见赠
Pu Song-ling (1640-1715)
蒲松龄
The reader is amused by my stories of ghost.
志异书成共笑之，
Of my plain dress and greyish hair how can I boast?
布袍萧索鬓如丝。
If my dreams in ten years can afford you delight,
十年颇得黄州梦，
I've not belied our talk on rainy winter night.
冷雨寒灯夜话时。