《 声声慢 》

作者: 李清照

　寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。乍暖还寒时候，最难将息。三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他、晚来风急？雁过也，正伤心，却是旧时相识。

　　满地黄花堆积，憔悴损，如今有谁堪摘？守著窗儿，独自怎生得黑？梧桐更兼细雨，到黄昏、点点滴滴。这次第，怎一个愁字了得？

英译：by 沐岚

^{Seeking and searching,}  

^{Quiet and empty,} 

^{My heart feels so  melancholy and lonely.}

^{It comes the season}

^{Of alternating  warmth  with coldness}     

^{Yet I’m not wont to fit.}

^{Could  cups of thin wine}

^{Truly make me warmer,}

^{In such an evening cold and windy?}

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

^{How wistful I am watching them to leave,} 

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

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

^{How desolate  I am seeing them wither and decay,}

^{Is there one left fresh  for picking?}

                           ^{By the window yearning for the darkness,} 

^{I watch the eventide gather up just inch by inch.}

^{The drizzle, the phoenix tree,}

^{Vague and rhythmical,}

^{I hear the droplets driping on the leaves.}

^{This moment, this  dusk,} 

^{My feeling grows} 

                                         ^{Far beyond ‘sad’.}

^2015-10-05