Silk, Sense, and Sensibility

Even surrounded by luxury,

水紋珍簟思悠悠，千里佳期一夕休。

從此無心愛良夜，任他明月下西樓。

the best times can end in an instant.

I now have no heart to love the night,

no matter where the moon sets in the west.

—Poem by Lǐ Yì, Tang dynasty, transcribed by Fan Enze