纳兰性德·《忆秦娥·龙潭口》英译

山重叠，

悬崖一线天疑裂。

天疑裂；

断碑题字，

古苔横啮。

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风声雷动鸣金铁，

阴森潭底蛟龙窟。

蛟龙窟。

兴亡满眼，

旧时明月。

Tune: “Remembering the Lady of Ch’in (Yi Ch’in-o)

At the Mouth of Dragon Pool

Na-lan Hsing-te

Mountain after mountain

fold by fold

Each overhanging cliff

like a thread splits the sky;

Like a thread splits the sky;

And on the broken headstones

Old mosses gnaw at inscribed words.

Thunderous winds

clang like metal;

Dark, forbidding, at the bottom of the pool,

the cave of the landslide dragon;

The cave of the landslide dragon;

we watch prosperity,

we watch decline,

the rise and the fall of dynastic houses,

under an old moon.