译文及注释：
译文：
天子身居未央宫，妻妾来收拾衣裳。
The emperor resides in the Palace of the Unending while his wives and concubines come to tidy up his clothes.
现在未得皇上在紫宫宠爱，怎敢拂坐黄金床？
Now that I have not received the emperor's favor in the Purple Palace how can I dare to touch the golden bed?
没有皇上的旨意，洪水来了也不敢乱走，如果皇上遇到危险，舍命也要保护皇上，就像博熊的冯婕妤一样。
Without the emperor's decree even if a flood comes I dare not act recklessly. If the emperor encounters danger I would sacrifice my life to protect him just like Lady Feng Jieyu who protected the emperor from the bear.
卑微之身侍奉日月，轻飘若飞萤之光。
In my humble position I serve the sun and moon floating lightly like the glow of a firefly.
愿君采撷葑菲草的时候，不因为它的根部难看而抛弃它的叶片。
I hope that when you gather the leaves of the fengfei grass you will not abandon its leaves just because its roots are unsightly.
注释：
《乐府古题要解》: This is a commentary on ancient Yuefu poems. It mentions the Qin Wang Juan Yi Qu (Song of the Qin King Rolling Up His Sleeves) which describes the beauty of the spring scenery in Xianyang and the palace. Li Bai's poem has a different content from that.
未央: The name of a palace in the Han Dynasty.
紫宫: The imperial palace. Here it refers to the emperor.
水至 sentence: From Liu Xiang's Biographies of Exemplary Women: When King Zhao of Chu went out for a trip he left his wife on the platform and went away. When the king heard that the river was flooding he sent messengers to bring his wife back but they forgot to bring the token. The wife said The king made an agreement with the palace ladies that they must bring the token when they are summoned. Now that the messenger doesn't have the token I dare not go. So the messenger went back to get the token but by then the flood had reached its peak the platform collapsed and the wife was swept away and died.
熊来 sentence: From Book of Han Biographies of the Imperial Relatives: During the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han he went to the tiger enclosure to watch the animals fight. The concubines in the palace were all sitting there. A bear suddenly escaped from the enclosure and tried to climb onto the platform. The noble ladies including Fu Zhaoyi were frightened and ran away but Feng Jieyu stood in front of the bear and was killed by it. The emperor asked Why did you stand in front of the bear when everyone else was scared? Jieyu replied When a beast approaches a person I was afraid it would reach the imperial throne so I stood in its way.
微身 sentence: The speaker a woman who rolls up the emperor's sleeves speaks of her wholehearted service to the king. The sun and moon symbolize the king.
愿君 sentence: It means that the speaker hopes the king will not overlook her loyalty just because of her lowly status. From Book of Songs Bei Feng Gu Feng: Gather the feng and fei do not despise the lower parts. Zheng Xuan's commentary: Feng and fei are types of edible plants. Although their roots have good and bad seasons those who gather them should not discard the leaves when the roots are in a bad season.