《人间词话》英译（五十九）

近体诗体制，以五、七言绝句为最尊，律诗次之，排律最下。盖此体于寄兴言情，两无所当，殆有韵之骈体文耳。词中小令如绝句，长调似律诗，若长调之《百字令》、《沁园春》等，则近于排律矣。

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Of the various shapes of modern-style verse (chin-i shih), five and seven-word-line quatrains are considered the most esteemed; regulated verse comes next, and long regulated verse (p’ai-lu) is at the bottom. That is to say, the latter genre is not at all suitable for conveying sentiments or expressing feelings but is rather more like a rjymed parallel prose. In tz’u the little songs (Hsiao-ling) are similar to the quatrains, while the long songs (ch’ang-tiao) are like regulated verses. Of the long song forms those patterns typified by ‘Pai-tzu ling’ and ‘Ch’in yuan ch’un’ are comparable to long regulated verses.