雙語 ● 薄霧濃云愁永晝

TUNE: TIPSY IN FLOWERS’ SHADE

醉花陰

Veiled in thin mist and thick cloud, how sad the long day!

薄霧濃云愁永晝，

Incense from golden censer melts away.

瑞腦銷金獸。

The Double Ninth comes again;

佳節(jié)又重陽，

Alone I still remain

玉枕紗櫥，

In silken bed curtain, on pillow smooth like jade.

半夜涼初透。

Feeling the midnight chill invade.

東籬把酒黃昏后，

At dusk I drink before chrysanthemums in bloom,

有暗香盈袖。

My sleeves filled with fragrance and gloom.

莫道不銷魂，

Say not my soul

簾卷西風。

Is not consumed. Should the west wind uproll

人比黃花瘦。