《人间词话》英译（二十）

正中词除《鹊踏枝》、《菩萨蛮》十数阕最煊赫外，如《醉花间》之“高树鹊衔巢，斜月明寒草”，余谓；韦苏州之“流萤渡高阁”，孟襄阳之“疏雨滴梧桐”，不能过也。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Putting aside for the moment the ten or more particularly noteworthy tz’u of Feng Yen-ssu in the tz’u patterns ‘Ch’iao t’a chih’ and ‘P’u sa man’, I feel that lines such as those in his ‘Tsui hua chien’.

In the high tree magpies have made their nest

The moon aslant lights up the cold grass,