《 聲聲慢 》

作者: 李清照

　尋尋覓覓，冷冷清清，淒悽慘慘戚戚。乍暖還寒時候，最難將息。三杯兩盞淡酒，怎敵他、晚來風急？雁過也，正傷心，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？

英譯：by 沐嵐

^{Seeking and searching,}  

^{Quiet and empty,} 

^{My heart feels so  melancholy and lonely.}

^{Comes the season}

^{That alternates  warmth  with coldness,}     

^{I’m not yet wont to fit it.}

^{Could  cups of thin wine}

^{Truly make me warmer,}

^{In an evening  too cold and windy?}

^{Across the sky  the wild geese flapping away,} 

^{How wistful I am to watch them go,} 

^{Alas! They might be the old ones I knew of before.}

^{On the ground the yellow flowers piling up,}

^{How wistful  I am to see them wither and decay,}

^{Yet is there even one left fresh for picking?}

^{Sitting alone by the window}

^{I yearn for the darkness falling,} 

^{But the eventide gathers up  inch by inch.}

^{The drizzle, the phoenix tree,}

^{Vague and rhythmical,}

^{I hear the drips on the leaves.}

^{This moment, this  dusk,} 

^{My feeling grows far beyond the word ‘sad’.}

^2015-10-05