江城子·乙卯正月二十日夜记梦苏轼

A Dream, to the Tune of Riverside Town戴玨 译

By Su Shi (1037 – 1101)

十年生死两茫茫!
For ten years, the living roves and the dead stays.
不思量,
  I don’t think about you often,
自难忘。
  yet cannot forget you either.
千里孤坟,
With your grave a thousand miles away,
无处话凄凉。
  where can I tell my loneliness?
纵使相逢应不识,
Even if we met, how could you recognize me,
尘满面,
  with dust all over my face
鬓如霜。
  and hair like frost?
夜来幽梦忽还乡。

小轩窗,
Last night in a dream I suddenly returned home.
正梳妆。
  By a little window,
相顾无言,
  you were making yourself up.
惟有泪千行。
We looked at each other in silence,
料得年年肠断处,
  with tears coursing down our cheeks.
明月夜,
I can envisage every year the heart-breaking place:
短松冈。
  the moon shines at night
  on the mound of short pines.


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