曹雪芹·《金陵判词·袭人》英译

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堪羡优伶有福，谁知公子无缘。

Xiren

Nothing avail her gentleness and compliance,

Osmanthus and orchid with her fragrance vie;

But this prize is borne off by an actor,

And luck passes the young master by.

Xiren

What price your kindness and compliance,

Of sweetest flower the rich perfume?

You chose the player fortune favoured,

Unmindful of your master’s doom.

（David Hawkes 译）