古輪台·走江邊
《桃花扇》“沉江”一折
走江邊，
滿腔憤恨向誰言？
老淚風吹麵，
孤城一片，
望救目穿。
使盡殘兵血戰，
跳出重圍，
故國苦戀，
誰知歌罷剩空筵。
長江一線，
吳頭楚尾路三千。
盡歸別姓，
雨翻雲變。
寒濤東卷，
萬事付空煙。
精魂顯，
《大招》聲逐海天遠。
《大招》：《楚辭》中的一篇。這句意為史可法為國捐軀，英魂永存。
John Minford 教授的譯文 （John Minford (born 1946) is a British sinologist and literary translator. ）
Wandering by the riverside,
To whom could he his deepest grief confide?
The wind blew the tears
On his face;
From the forsaken city
No matter how he strained his eyes,
No help could he espy.
His love for the ancient dynasty
Was nought but
A cause of bitterness.
The song was ended,
The banquet hall empty;
A myriad miles of river
Stretched from the realm of Wu
Down to the hills of Chu—
All gone,
All taken!
The rain whirled,
The clouds turned,
The cold tide eastwards curled,
And all dissolved in mist.
His mighty spirit
Wafted from sea to sky!
