減字木蘭花 - 李清照
賣花擔上,
買得一枝春欲放。
淚染輕勻,
猶帶彤霞曉露痕。
怕郎猜道,
奴麵不如花麵好。
雲鬢斜簪,
徒要教郎比並看。
A Spring Sprig by Li Qing-zao
From a peddler’s tray of bamboo,
I pick up a spring sprig, in budding rosy hue...
Moist with a faint teary trace,
Aglow with a dawn’s dewy lace...
Afeard my lord mote chance to view -
The flower seems much fairer than I do ...
The sprig, slanting in my hair, I place,
For him to compare, who holds more grace...
Tr. Ziyuzile
18/03/2025