（古詞英譯）點絳脣 – 長安中作 （金）元好問

點絳脣 – 長安中作  （金）元好問

 

沙际春归，绿窗犹唱留春住。

问春何处，花落莺无语。

渺渺吟怀，漠漠烟中树。

西楼暮，一帘疏雨，梦里寻春去。

 

Tune: Rouged Lips — Writ in Chang’an

—— Yuan Hao-wen (Jin Dynasty)

 

Spring slippeth off the sandy shore,

My green-rimmed panes lament — feeling blue.

“Where art thou, mayst thou stay?” — a grieving coo,

Petals and warblers fall in silent rue.   

 

My chant flieth from my heart’s door

Into the brume-concealed woods — a dusky view,

Alone, the west chamber weepeth in sunset’s hue.

Drizzle at the window plaiteth its queue,

Woe is me — only in dream spring may re-shew.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

22/04/2025

(To be revised)