Translation Vocab: Poetry

節錄         excerpt
七月半     Harvest moon

處世              Human Adjustments
物化         Transformation of material things
祭文         Sacrificial prayer
舅             Maternal uncle
伯             Paternal uncle
半月         fortnight
專言法術之人       yogi


其母薄式，日稱念樊書，資其冥福
Her mother, Madame Po, recited Buddhist sutras daily in her favor.


三更索玩，五更所果
Asked for toys at midnight, and asked for fruits at day's dawn.


嬰孩何知，且隨其欲
Let the baby alone. What does she know at this young age?



天乎命乎，神仙莫知
Was it Heaven’s will or was it your fate?
Even the fairies do not know.