晏几道·《阮郎归·天边金掌》英译

云随雁字长。

绿杯红袖趁重阳，

人情似故乡。

兰佩紫，

菊簪黄，

殷勤理旧狂。

欲将沉醉换悲凉，

清歌莫断肠。

Ruan Lang Gui

Yan Jidao

In the sky-kissing palm

Autumnal dew has turned to frost.

The clouds send off the wild geese

That in a symbolic array fly.

Green wine and red sleeves invite the ninth moon ninth,

Things here differ little from my home town.

I wear purple orchids in my dress,

I pin yellow chrysanthemums on my hair:

To old wantonness free rein I give.

Sadness I will change for drunkenness;

When I sing, let not sad songs