I
I hug my pillow and do not speak a word;
In my empty room no sound stirs.
Who knows that, all day abed,
I am not ill and am not even asleep?
II
Turned to jade are the boy's rosy cheeks;
To his sick temples the frost of winter clings....
Do not wonder that my body sinks to decay;
Though my limbs are old, my heart is older yet.
Li Po | 
