王和卿·《一半儿·题情》（二）英译

（二）

将来书信手拈着，
灯下姿姿观觑了。
两三行字真带草，
提起来越心焦。
一半儿丝挦一半儿烧。

Tune: Half and Half
Parting Grief

Wang Heqing

(II)

I take his letter near at hand,
And read it by lamplight carefully.
He wrote carelessly these two lines or three,
Which I am anxious to understand.
Half of his letter is torn apart,
Another half burns my heart.

（许渊冲 译）