虞美人·枕上 – 毛潤之

堆來枕上愁何狀，

江海翻波浪。

夜長天色總難明，

寂寞披衣起坐數寒星。

曉來百念都灰盡，

剩有離人影。

一勾殘月向西流，

對此不拋眼淚也無由。

On Pillows – Mao Runzhi

How does my pent-up pain behave on the pillows?

O, it’s like tossing and turning billows.

Ah, how dare the long night the daybreak bars,

So lonely, I throw on a robe, sit counting the stars

Until day breaks, my yearning has been depleted,

But your figure cannot be deleted.

The sickle-like moon has sunk in the west,

Still no way could my tears take a rest.

Tr. Ziyuzile

27/12/2023

(to be revised)