曹雪芹·《金陵判词·香菱》英译

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自从两地生孤木，致使香魂返故乡。

Xiangling

Sweet is he as the lotus in flower,

Yet none so sorely oppressed;

After the growth of a lonely tree in two soils

Her sweet soul will be dispatched to its final rest.

（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译）

Xiangling

Your stem grew from a noble lotus root,

Yet your life passed, poor flower, in low repute.

The day two earths shall bear a single tree,

Your soul must fly home to its own country.

（David Hawkes 译）