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This website contains selected verses from the Song Dynasty of China (960-1279 AD) and my attempt to translate them to English. Currently there is only one piece. But it's a start. Please also see the Tang Poems with English Translations. The materials at this website are copyrighted. They can be used for educational or noncommercial purposes with a reference to this webite; other uses must be explicitly authorized. This website was launched on February 21, 2010. If you have any suggestion or comment about my translation, please email me. -Ying Sun. Copyright © 2010 Ying Sun |
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聲聲慢﹣秋情 (李清照) 尋尋覓覓，冷冷清清， 淒淒慘慘戚戚。 乍暖還寒時候， 最難將息。 三盃兩盞淡酒， 怎敵他，晚來風急。 雁過也，最傷心， 卻是舊時相識。 滿地黃花堆積， 憔悴損， 如今有誰堪摘。 守著窗兒， 獨自怎生得黑。 梧桐更兼細雨， 到黃昏，點點滴滴。 這次第， 怎一個 愁字了得？ |
Autumn
Mood
(Li Ching-Chao, 1084-1156 AD, China) Seeking, striving, shivering, shuddering, suppressing, saddening, sobbing . So hard to fall asleep, when cold weather returns after a sudden warming. Two or three glasses of wine warm me up, but no match for the piercing cold of the night wind. The geese flying overhead bring back somber memories – such a familiar scene. No one cares to pick the mums. They are left on the ground, scattering and withering. Alone by the window, It’s the darkness I can’t bare as I’m patiently waiting. The plane tree leaves are misted by drizzles all day. By dusk they start dribbling. At this very moment, how can a simple word “sad” describe my feeling? |