[Note: This essay was published in The Woman’s Voice Biweekly (vol. 1, no. 6th), under the pen name Li Xuyin.]
【简介：这篇散文发表于《妇声半月刊》（第一卷，第六期），作者用了笔名李絮因。
当群众留恋梦乡，她静悄悄地来到天上，淡抹了一痕新装：鱼肚白的披风，隐藏着幽静的光芒。你透视不着她的色相。轻松只是这袭服装。她来了夜之神不敢留恋，随着黑暗，退向何方。她只能刹那间天上遥傍，似有情似无情，又匆匆的躲藏，她去了，便启迪未来的明光。
都市的人们，有因袭的休止存在，这时节，香梦沉甜正将绣被儿盖。这大自然的色相谁崇拜，那耐烦惊觉来赏这清姿态。何况也只是显露这袭披风儿，鱼肚白，没有些儿粉红色，不因晴阴而明晦。不因气候而变态。幽静轻松，永恒出没千载。谁又理会她，还谈什么了解。
或者你要嫌她是小气，不通融，披风儿将庐山真面笼，其来飘飘，其去匆匆。将怎样歌唱：心弦已动，来无消息去无踪。屏却了黑暗，光明继着芳踪。刹那间儿有无中，她不愿效法黑暗的手腕，媚人再入迷梦。她不留恋和白昼争宠，刺激人们蠕动。但是忽略了她，咫尺蓬山隔万重。了解她啊！保持的是应尽职守。显露的是幽静轻松。蕴藏的是热情万种。
Mantle of Fish-Belly White
When the masses linger in dreamland, she quietly ascends to the sky, subtly adorning herself with a new attire: a mantle of fish-belly white, concealing a serene glow. Her hue eludes your gaze. Ease is all the garment she wears. When she arrives, the god of night dares not linger, retreating along with the darkness to where he came from. She can only momentarily hover in the heavens, seeming affectionate yet indifferent, then hastily hides away. When she departs, she heralds the dawn’s light.
Urban dwellers, caught in their habitual rest, at this time, are deeply lost in sweet dreams, covering themselves with embroidered quilts. Who would worship the colors of nature at this hour, or have the patience to awaken and admire this serene spectacle? Besides, it’s just this mantle of fish-belly white, devoid of any pinkish hue, not varying with weather’s whim. Serene and easy, it eternally appears through the ages. Who would care about her, let alone understand her.
Perhaps you might find her petty, inflexible, with her mantle veiling the her true face. She comes and goes in a fleeting manner. How should one sing of her? The heartstrings are already stirred, she comes without announcement and leaves without trace. She wards off the darkness, with light following her graceful path. In that brief moment of existence or non-existence, she refuses to adopt the tactics of the darkness to lure one back into dreams. She does not compete for affection with the daylight, nor stir people into action. Ignoring her, though close, we are separated by a vast distance from the ethereal mountain. Understand her! She maintains her duty, reveals serenity and ease, and contains endless passion.