（古詞英譯）减字木兰花 - 李清照

减字木兰花  - 李清照

 

卖花担上，

买得一枝春欲放。

泪染轻匀，

犹带彤霞晓露痕。

 

From a peddler’s tray of bamboo,

I pick up a spring sprig, in budding rosy hue...

Moist with a faint teary trace,

Aglow with a dawn’s dewy lace.

 

怕郎猜道，

奴面不如花面好。

云鬓斜簪，

徒要教郎比并看。

 

Afear of my lord might view -

The flower may seem fairer than I do ...

The sprig, slanting in my hair, I place,

For him to compare, which holds more grace...

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

17/03/2025

(to be revised)