（紅樓夢詩詞英譯）《問菊》－瀟湘妃子

《問菊》－瀟湘妃子

 

欲訊秋情眾莫知，

喃喃負手扣東籬。

孤標傲世偕誰隱?

一樣開花為底遲?

圃露庭霜何寂寞?

雁歸蛩病可相思?

莫言舉世無談者，

解語何妨話片時?

 

A Verse by Goddess of River

(Questioning the Chrysanthemums)

 

Nobody knows autumn so well, it seemeth to be,

Hands behind back, I whisper my queries to thee.

Which mortal-world scorner shareth thy hermitic place?

Why dost thou not blow at all-flowers’ blooming spree?

How lonely wilt thou lie in a frost-filled garden?

Dost thou miss the homing geese and crickets badly?

Do not say the world hath locked thy kindred away,

A few words with me, thou wilt surely find the key.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

13/06/2017