（古詩英譯）黃花 —（宋）朱淑真

黃花 —（宋）朱淑真

 

土花能白又能紅，晚節猶能愛此工。

寧可抱香枝上老，不隨黃葉舞秋風。

 

Chrysanthemum by Zhu Shu-zhen (Soong Dynasty)

 

Though plain, in white or red, this flower blows,

Much more prized is its graceful twilit pose —

It ne’er dances like fading leaves in wind,

Instead, it still perfumes twigs till repose.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

07/09/2025

(To be revised)