曹雪芹《枉凝眉》英译
发布日期：2017-02-22
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枉凝眉
曹雪芹
一个是阆苑仙葩，
一个是美玉无瑕。
若说没奇缘，
今生偏又遇着他；
若说有奇缘，
如何心事终虚化?
一个枉自嗟呀，
一个空劳牵挂；
一个是水中月，
一个是镜中花。
想眼中能有多少泪珠儿?
怎经得秋流到冬尽，春流到夏。
Hope Betrayed
Cao Xueqin
One was a flower from paradise,
One a pure jade without spot or stain.
If each for the other one was not intended,
Then why in this life did they meet again?
And yet if fate had meant them for each other,
Why was their earthly meeting all in vain?
In vain were all her sighs and tears,
In vain were all his anxious fears:
All,insubstantial,doomed to pass,
As moonlight mirrored in the water
Or flowers reflected in a glass.
How many tears from those poor eyes could flow,
Which every season rained upon her woe?
（翻译：大卫·霍克斯）
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