马致远·《拨不断·叹世》英译

布衣中，

问英雄，

王图霸业成何用？

禾黍高低六代宫，

楸梧远近千官冢？

一场恶梦。

A Lament on the Worldly World

to the tune of Moving Not

What’s the use of becoming a king,

By displaying heroism in civilians in plain?

Look! the past (1) ruined grass-covered palaces remain,

On tombs of the nobles wild groves grow here and there,

—Nothing but a nightmare!

(1)  the original is liu dai, the six dynasties.

（辜正坤 译）