臨江仙·柳外輕雷池上雨 – 歐陽修

柳外輕雷池上雨，

雨聲滴碎荷聲。

小樓西角斷虹明。

闌幹倚處，

待得月華生。

燕子飛來窺畫棟，

玉鈎垂下簾旌。

涼波不動簟紋平。

水精雙枕，

傍有墮釵橫。 

A Verse by Ou Yangxiu

Yon the willows, thunders clap, the drizzles begin,

Tapping on the lotus, so crisp, so clear,

Anon, a partly eclipsed rainbow doth appear

At bower’s west, where we lean on handrails,

Awaiting the rise of bright Lunar Sphere.

I slowly roll the curtains down from the jade hooks,

When swifts fly back to painted beams to peer.

Our smooth bamboo sheet like cool ripples of mere,

Beside a pair of our crystal pillows,

A gold pin slips off the hair of my dear.

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)

07/04/23