（古詩詞英譯） 虞美人 寄公度 – （宋）舒亶

虞美人·寄公度 – （宋）舒亶

 

芙蓉落尽天涵水，

日暮沧波起。

背飞双燕贴云寒，

独向小楼东畔倚阑看。

  

浮生只合尊前老，

雪满长安道。

故人早晚上高台，

寄我江南春色一枝梅。

 

A Verse by Shu Dan (Soong dynasty)

(To Gong Du, A Dear Chum)

 

Limped lotus, lake, and sky blend into grey,

Dusk turns waves into a mist-maze,

Crossing cold clouds, two swifts fly their own way,

By the handrail of East Tower, alone I gaze...

 

I’d better float my aging life in wine,

Though Chang’an roads slumber in snow,

Soon you climb a high place, dear chum of mine,

To send me a plum twig full of southern spring’s glow. 

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)

27/03/23