雙語 ● 愁來天不管

TUNE: AT THE GOLDEN GATE

謁金門

MID-SPRING

春半

Half spring has passed,

春已半，

The view awakes a sorrow vague and vast.

觸目此情無限。

Unoccupied, I lean on all twelve balustrades,

十二闌干閑倚遍，

But Heaven cares not if my sorrow fades.

愁來天不管。

Although the sun is warm and the breeze fair,

好是風和日暖，

I envy orioles and swallows in pair.

輸與鶯鶯燕燕。

When courtyard flowers fall, I won’t uproll the screen;

滿院落花簾不卷，

My heart would break when green grass can’t be seen.

斷腸芳草遠。