廖世美·《好事近》英译

落日水熔金，

天淡暮烟凝碧。

楼上谁家红袖，

靠阑干无力。

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鸳鸯相对浴红衣，

短棹弄长笛。

惊起一双飞去，

听波声拍拍。

Hao Shi Jin

Liao Shi Mei

The setting sun turns the water into melted gold.

Under a pale sky

The evening mist has congealed into emerald blue.

Who is the lady in the upper-storey chamber

Leaning on the railings in an ennui somber?

A pair of mandarin ducks

Sprucing their red plumage;

A short paddle is accompanied by the long flute.

Surprised, a pair of birds fly away flapping,

As I listen to the waves my canoe lapping.