文／陳寅恪（1890～1969）

綺羅高價等珠璣，

白疊雖廉限敢違。

幸有阿婆花布被，

挑燈裁作入時衣。

──選自《陳寅恪全集》

A Penniless Girl

Chen Yinke (1890 - 1969 )

English translation: Ven. Zhi Yue

Beautiful silk fabrics are as expensive as pearls,

While inexpensive cotton batting is not sold.

How fortunate there’s still granny’s calico quilt,

Lighting a lamp, cutting it into fashionable clothes.

── from Chen Yinke Quanji

(Complete Works of Chen Yinke)