刘克庄·《卜算子·片片蝶衣轻》英译

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点点猩红小。

道是天公不惜花，

百种千般巧。

朝见树头繁，

暮见枝头少。

道是天公果惜花，

雨洗风吹了。

To “The Fortune-teller”

Liu Kezhuang

Every petal is light as the butterfly’s raiment;

Every speck is blood-red and tiny.

If you say that God cares not for the flowers,

Consider the hundred kinds and the thousand varieties, skillfully fashioned.

At morn you see the tree-tops luxuriant,

At eve you see the branch-tops denuded.

If you say that God, in truth, cares for the flowers,

Consider the rain’s drenching, and the wind’s blast.