1. When gray hair has separated hearts,
It is no triumph for homes to be close together.

2. I settled on his sun reluctantly,
For I used to shy away from his star.

3. Others have preserved their loved ones with dye,
And the likes of me remain above all shame.

4. Its shamefulness made me shun dye
And avoid the false finery of youth.

5. I gave free rein to poetry with the camphor plant,
So I gave free rein to the gray hair of chastity.

6. I face the darkness with equal darkness
And face the daytime with equal daytime.