（古詩英譯）二月二日 – （唐）李商隱

二月二日 – （唐）李商隱

 

二月二日江上行，東風日暖聞吹笙。
花須柳眼各無賴，紫蝶黃蜂俱有情。
萬裏憶歸元亮井，三年從事亞夫營。
新灘莫悟遊人意，更作風簷夜雨聲。

 

On the Second Day of the Second Lunar Month

by Li Shangyin (Tang Dynasty)

 

On the second of Feb, on the river I boat,

In the balmy east breeze, by my ear flute songs float.    

Flower fluffs and willow catkins romp like chic elves,

Butterflies don purple robe, bees dight golden coat.

Like Tao Qian I long for home, though so far away,

For three years, in a Ya Fu-styled camp, so remote.

The new rapids, oblivious to what I yearn,

Like night storms, they roar down swiftly from roof to moat.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

01/03/2025

(To be revised)