牛希济·《生查子·新月》英译

新月曲如眉，

未有团圆意。

红豆不堪看，

满眼相思泪。

终日劈桃瓤，

仁儿在心里。

两朵隔墙花，

早晚成连理。

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Shengzhazi

Niu Xiji

The new moon, like an eyebrow, appears above.

It does not suggest union with one’s love.

Red beans remind one too much of love-knot ties.

To see them is to have tears full in one’s eyes.

Once cracks walnuts, the livelong day, on one’s part.

What one wants is the kernel—the inner heart.

Two flowers apart, each on one side of a wall.

Soon or late, into each other’s arms, they’ll fall.