雙語 ● 斷腸片片飛紅

TUNE: SLOW SONG OF ZHU YINGTAI

祝英臺近

LATE SPRING

晚春

Ever since we parted

寶釵分，

At Ferry of Peach Leaf,

桃葉渡，

The willow-darkened southern bank’s been drowned in grief.

煙柳暗南浦。

I dread to go upstairs again;

怕上層樓，

Nine days in ten are filled with wind and rain.

十日九風(fēng)雨。

So, broken-hearted,

斷腸片片飛紅，

I see red petals fall one by one,

都無人管，

Uncared for, and there’s none

更誰勸啼鶯聲住?

To plead with orioles singing all the day long

鬢邊覷，

To still their song.

試把花卜歸期，

Peering at flowered hairpin on my head,

才簪又重數(shù)。

I take it down to count the petals red

羅帳燈昏，

So that I may anticipate

哽咽夢中語：

His returning date,

是他春帶愁來，

Till lamplight flickers on my curtained bed.

春歸何處？

Words choked in my dream upon

卻不解帶將愁去！