（古詩英譯）鷓鴣天 – 賀鑄

鷓鴣天 – 賀鑄

 

重過閶門萬事非，

同來何事不同歸？

梧桐半死清霜後，

頭白鴛鴦失伴飛。

原上草，露初晞。

舊棲新壟兩依依。

空床臥聽南窗雨，

誰複挑燈夜補衣？

 

A Verse by He Zhu

 

Again in Suzhou — ah! all changed, I feel aghast,

“Why came we here together, now apart so vast?”

Although the Wutong stands, a moiety frost-slain,

Twain white-haired lovebirds in flight, one away hath passed.  

Dawn-lit dew on the steppe grass flees so fast,

Our old house, thy new grave, enduring love must last.

In lonely bed, I hark rain on the southern sill,

“Ah, who shall mend my robe by lamp?” My heart doth cast...

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

23/09/2025

(To be revised)