李清照 (1085-1156)

小重山

春到長門春草青  紅梅些子破  未開勻
碧雲籠碾玉成塵  留曉夢  驚破一甌春
花影壓重門  疏簾鋪淡月  好黃昏
二年三度負東君  歸來也  著意過今春

Li Qing Zhao (1085-1156)   江紹倫譯

Tune: Manifold Hills

Spring arrives at our doors the grass is green
Early mume blossoms seen
Uneven bursts

Emerald tea fine as jade dust on steam
Keeping my morning dream
I wake up surprised to find a beautiful spring

Heavy flower shades caress all doors
Translucent screens let in lambent moon tours
A beautiful eve

You had missed this delight thrice o’er two years
Whence home again
Do stay through this our spring

曹雪芹 (1715-1763)      Cao Xue Qin (1715-1763)
红楼梦                            From The Saga of the Red Chamber
黛玉葬花吟  (節譯)      Lin Daiyu’s Flower Burial (partial rendition)

花谢花飞花满天  Flowers fall wandering flying all over the sky
红消香断有谁怜  Red colours fade and fragrance ceases no one can deny
游丝软系飘春榭  Floating gossamers softly enter her scented bower
落絮轻沾扑绣帘  Willowdowns waltz attaching to broidery blinds
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杜牧 (803-852)__山行

远上寒山石径斜  白云生处有人家
停车坐爱枫林晚  霜叶红于二月花 

Du Mu (803-852)
A walk on the hill    江紹倫譯

Far up the rocky path the mountain air is chilly
Where the clouds dwell cots and bowers perch freely
I sat on my cap to enjoy maple trees bathing in the sun
Their frosted leaves crimson are brighter than blooms in early spring

杜牧 (803-852)__清明

清明时节雨纷纷  路上行人欲断魂
借问酒家何处有  牧童遥指杏花村 

Du Mu (803-852)
Qing Ming Festival         江紹倫譯

Qing Ming day for remembering ancestors is marked by drizzles
Visitors struggle on roads to graveyards their hearts fissure
Where could I find a tavern to drown out this sad hour
A cowherd points to a village beyond the apricot flowers

杜牧 (803-852)  遣怀

落魄江湖载酒行  楚腰纤细掌中轻
十年一觉扬州梦  赢得青楼薄幸名

Du Mu (803-852)
Confession     江紹倫譯

Roving in rivers and lakes I indulge in pleasure and wine
Slender southern girls dance their hips in my hand fine
Awoke from a ten-year dream of roving life
I earned the name of a fickle lover among green mansions

晚來一陣風兼雨  洗盡炎光
理罷笙簧  卻對菱花淡淡妝

絳綃縷薄冰肌瑩  雪膩酥香
笑語檀郎  今夜紗櫥枕簟涼

Tune: Picking Mulberries   Li Qing Zhao (1084-1155)  江紹倫譯

A gust of wind and rain windup the lingering day
Washing the summer heat away
Her Sheng performance elicits music with such grace
Then beautifies her face light with not a makeup trace

Under a rosy thin dress her crystal-white skin is seen
Radiating an icy fragrance intimating hints
She whispers to her lover beaming with delight
The mat and pillow will be cool tonight