《人间词话》英译（三十七）

东坡《水龙吟》咏杨花，和韵而似原唱。章质夫词，原唱而似和韵。才之不可强也如是！

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Su Shih’ tz’u to the tune of ‘Shui lung yin’ sings of willow fluff. It was written to rhyme with another poet’s tz’u yet it seems like the original song. Chang Chieh’s tz’u was that original song, yet it seems like the rhyming echo. This just shows that genius cannot be forced.