王和卿·《一半儿·题情》（一）英译

（一）

书来和泪怕开缄，
又不归来空再三。
这样病儿谁惯耽！
越恁瘦岩岩。
一半儿增添一半儿减。

Tune: Half and Half
Parting Grief

Wang Heqing

(I)

When I receive his letter, my tears rain;
I am afraid to open it, for again and again
He said he'd come back, but in vain.
How could I not grow thin and my grief be appeased?
When one half has decreased, the other has increased.

（许渊冲 译）