（古詩詞英譯）一剪梅 中秋无月 — 辛棄疾

一剪梅 中秋无月 — 辛棄疾

 

忆对中秋丹桂丛，

花在杯中，月在杯中。

 

今宵楼上一尊同，

云湿纱窗，雨湿纱窗。

 

浑欲乘风问化工，

路也难通，信也难通。

 

满堂唯有烛花红，

杯且从容，歌且从容。

 

A Lyric by Xin Qi-ji

 

On that Mid-Autumn Day —

Midst osmanthus I chanced to stray，

In my cup those blooms lay,

In my cup the moon shared her ray.

 

Tonight, upstairs I stay —

Awaiting the Silvery Fay,

Gauze-panes damped by mist grey,

Gauze-panes drenched by mizzling spray.

 

I’d soar to Milky Way —

By riding the wind as my shay,

The road is far away,

The missives are hard to convey.

 

Ah, sheer candles so fey —

Reddening my chamber-like bay,

My cup I’d fain let play,

My song I’d fain let sing for aye.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

10/10/2025

(To be revised)