（漢詩英譯）葉月明《沁園春》

葉月明《沁園春》 

 

柳絮飄殘，杜宇啼衰，又是暮春。

記當時攜手，踏青阡陌；折花撩草，笑語紛紜。

月下笙歌，燈前錦字，字字深情託彩雲。

誰曾料，似風中飛絮，各自離分。

重來舊地尋痕。

但滿目、蒼苔掩淚塵。

嘆孤鶯繞樹，空啼煙雨；落紅滿徑，亂撲衣裙。

半世沉浮，異鄉顛沛，只剩霜絲鬢角新。

斜陽裡，對青山無語，獨自銷魂。

 

A Lyric by Ye Yueming 

 

Willow catkins drift, cuckoo cries fade,

Once more late spring tiptoes by.

I vividly recall those carefree days —

We talk, laugh, pluck flowers,

And tease grass, under the moonlit sky,

We sing songs, we write letters by lamplight,

All our love-laden words

Through rosy clouds fly...

Alas, none could have foreseen

We would be apart, like wind-blown catkins,

For fate undid our tie.

 

I seek those old traces, far and nigh,

Yet only tear-soaked dust

Concealed by the moss greets the eye.

Along the path, wind-whirling petals seize my skirt,

In misty drizzle, encircling each tree,

This lonely nightingale vainly heaves a sigh:

Half a life, rise and fall, in alien lands,

I wander, I toil; all I gain is hoary hair,

Which age has painted with its frosty dye.

Alone, beneath sunset, before green hills,

My soul dissolves in a silent cry.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

12/06/2026

(to be revised)