徐灿·《水龙吟·次素庵韵感旧》英译

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当时曾向君家道。

悲欢转眼，

花还如梦，

那能长好。

真个而今，

台空花尽，

乱烟荒草。

算一番风月，

一番花柳，

各自斗，

春风巧。

 

休叹花神去杳。

有题花锦笺香稿。

红阴舒卷，

绿阴浓淡，

对人犹笑。

把酒微吟，

譬如旧侣，

梦中重到。

请从今、

秉烛看花，

切莫待，

花枝老。

 

Shuilong yin:

Matching Su’an’s Rhymes, Moved by the Past    

Xu Can

 

Under the silk tree’s ¹ flowers we lingered;

Then, I once tried to explain to you:

Joy and sorrow turn in the blink of an eye,

Flowers, too, are like a dream

How can they bloom forever?

Now indeed

The terrace is empty, the blossoms are gone,

Leaving weeds enwrapped in sprawling mist.

I recall the time of splendid sights,

The time of bustling glamour,

Each seizing on the spring breeze to show its charm.

Sigh not that the flower-spirit has gone afar;

There are fragrant flower poems inscribed on floral paper.

Here, pink blossoms open and close,

Green shade hangs dense and sparse,

Greeting us as though with a smile.

Holding a cup, we may chant softly,

As if our old companions

Have returned in our dream.

From now on,

Candle in hand, let us admire the flowers;

Never wait till the flower sprigs have grown old.

 

1. The Chinese name for the silk tree is literally “joy in union” (hehuan).

 

（Charles Kwong 译）