王国维·《应天长·紫骝却照》英译

紫骝却照春波绿，

波上荡舟人似玉。

似相知，

羞相逐。

一晌低头犹送目。

鬓云欹，

眉黛蹙。

应恨这番匆促。

恼一时心曲，

手中双桨速。

Tune: “Echoing Heaven’s Everlastingness”

Wang Kuo-wei

A horse with a chestnut mane reflected in the green waves of the spring river;

Upon the waves, rowing a boat, a girl pretty as jade.

She seems to know him,

Yet too shy to follow—

For a moment she lowers her head and sends him a side glance.

Her cloud-like hair aslant,

Her painted eyebrows knitted—

Does she regret this brief meeting,

Or feel annoyed by the uncertainty of a moment?

Rowing with a pair of oars, she speeds away.