孙光宪·《八拍蛮》英译

孔雀尾拖金线长，怕人飞起入丁香。

越女沙头争拾翠，相呼归去背斜阳。

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Tune: “Eight-beat Barbarian Tune” (Pa-p’ai man)

Sun Kuang-hsien

The peacock drags its tail with its long golden threads,

Frightened by people, it flies up into the clove tree.

Girls from Yüeh hurry to pick up from the sand those green feathers,

They call out to each other and return home,

the slanting sun shining on their backs.