曹雪芹·《金陵判词·妙玉》英译

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可怜金玉质，终陷淖泥中。

Miao Yu

Chastity is her wish,

Seclusion her desire;

Alas, though fine as gold or jade,

She sinks at last in the mire.

（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译）

Miao Yu

For all your would-be spotlessness

And vaunted otherworldliness,

You that look down on common flesh and blood,

Yourself impure, shall end up in the mud.

（David Hawkes 译）