266 CHINESE LITERATURE
Why, Jure I am at the very spot!
r II just walk in. Gatekeeper. / say you'll not / P'ing [sings.] Oh / dear, he's stopped me ! why, Heaven knows!
It must be my hat and tattered clothes.
ril stay here and raise an infernal din
Until they consent to let me in. Gatekeeper. / haven't anything to spare,
So come again another day. P'ing. Oh / let me just go in to look. Gatekeeper. Among the sons of noblemen
What can there be for you to see ?
Begone at once, or PU soon make you. P'ing. Alas / alas ! -what can I do?
If I don't get -within the court,
The Lady Wang will tire of waiting.
Enter P'u-sa.
Fu-sa [sings.] By heaven's supreme command 1 have flown Through the blue expanse of sky and air j For a suffering soul has cried out in woe, And Heaven has heard his prayer. For the Lady Wang he's nearly broken-hearted, But cruel fate still keeps the lovers parted. " Hebbery gibbery snobbery snay / " On the wings of the wind I'll ride, And make the old porter clear out of the way Till I get my poor beggar inside. The Lady Wang is still within the hall Waiting till the Emperor sends the Flowery Ball,
[Raises the wind.
Gatekeeper. Oh dear ! how cold the wind is blowing. I do not see the lady coming, And so I think I'll step inside.
Enter Lady Wang.
Lady Wang [sings.] In gala dress I leave my boudoir^ Thinking all the time of thee O Heaven, fulfil a mortaFs longings. And link my love to me.
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