赵善庆·《折桂令·湖山堂》英译

八窗开水月交光，

诗酒坛台，

莺燕排场。

歌扇摇风，

梨云飘雪，

粉黛生香。

红烛台已更旧邦，

白头民犹说新堂。

花妒幽芳，

人换宫妆，

惟有湖山，

不管兴亡。

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Tune: Plucking Laurel Branch

Hall of Lake and Hill

Zhao Shanqing

Outside eight windows water dissolves in moonlight,

Orioles and swallows dance on the stage in a line

Before poets and drinkers of wine.

The dancers’ fans bring a breeze light,

They dance like clouds or pear blossoms white,

With fragrance sweet their powdered faces spread.

The old state replaced by the new with candles red,

The white-haired still remember its newly built hall.

Dancers in their changed palace attire

Awaken envious flowers’ desire,

But lakes and hills care not for the state’s rise and fall.