魏夫人·《菩萨蛮》英译

溪山掩映斜阳里。

楼台影动鸳鸯起。

隔岸两三家，

出墙红杏花。

绿杨堤下路，

早晚溪边去。

三见柳绵飞，

离人犹未归。

Buddhist Dance

Madam Wei

The brook and th’ hills set each other off ‘gainst the setting sun,

Two love-birds flush up, for the steps atop th’ tower them stun.

On th’ brook’s yonder side two or three houses lie;

Apricots flaming out o’er th’ fences please th’ eye.

Green poplars fringe the path that zigzags below

The bank, along which at dawn and dusk I go.

Now I have seen willow catkins fly three times,

And yet the expected is still in strange climes!