Lights on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month
Thousands of doors are unlocked and thousands of lights are lit, and the imperial capital is in full swing in the middle of the first lunar month.
Three hundred ladies danced with sleeves, and the sound of lyrics was heard in the sky.
Translation:
During the Lantern Festival, thousands of households walked out of their homes, and countless lanterns lit up the streets, as if the whole Kyoto was shaken.
Countless palace maids danced happily, and the singing and dancing music of the world soared into the sky and reached the sky.
Notes:
Thousands of doors: Describes the grandeur of the palace complex with numerous buildings and thousands of doors.
The concubine: a geisha who sang in the palace and entered the Yichun Courtyard, and was called the "concubine".
Author: Same author, still "have". This sentence describes the singing so high that it reaches the clouds, and it also means that the singing music is sweet and pleasant, just like the music of immortality descending to the earth.