曹雪芹·《金陵判词·黛玉宝钗》英译

可叹停机德，堪怜咏絮才。

玉带林中挂，金簪雪里埋。

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Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai

Alas for her wifely virtue,

Her wit to sing of willow-down, poor maid!

Buried in snow the broken golden hairpin,

And hanging in the wood the belt of jade.

（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译）

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai

One was a pattern of female virtue,

One a wit who made other wits seem slow.

The jade belt in the greenwood hangs,

The gold pin is buried beneath the snow.

（David Hawkes 译）