雙語 ● 落紅鋪徑水平池

TUNE: SPRING IN PAINTED HALL

Lanes paved with fallen reds, the pool’s full to the brim;

In drizzling rain the sunrays swim.

The apricot garden languishes with cuckoos’ cries.

What can I do when away spring flies?

I mount alone the willow-shaded tower,

Leaning on rails, my hand plays with a flower.

Silent, I let it go when sunset glows.

Who knows my grief? Who knows?

畫堂春

落紅鋪徑水平池，

弄睛小雨霏霏。

杏園憔悴杜鵑啼，

無奈春歸。

柳外畫樓獨上，

憑欄手捻花枝。

放花無語對斜暉，

此恨誰知？